The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

❧ The Actes of the Apostles. (Book Acts)

¶ The asce••syon of Chryst. Mathias is chosen in the steade of Iudas.

CAPI. Primo. ✚

IN the former treatyse / [unspec A] (deare Theophylus) we haue spoken of all that Iesus began to do and teach, vntyll the daye in whiche he was taken vp, after that he, through the holy goost, had gyuen cōmaūde mentes vnto the Apostles, whom he had cho∣sen: to whom also he * 1.1 shewed hym selfe alyue after his passion (and that by many tokens) appearynge vnto them fourtye dayes, and speakynge of the kyngdome of god, and ga∣thered them togyther, * 1.2 and commaunded them / that they shulde not departe from Ie∣rusalem: but to wayte for the promesse of the father * 1.3 wherof (sayeth he) ye haue herde of me. For * 1.4 Iohn̄ truely baptysed with water: but ye shall be baptysed with the holy gooste after these fewe dayes. When they therfore were come togyther, they asked of hym say∣enge: Lodre, wylte thou at this tyme, restore agayne the kyngdome to Israell? And he sayde vnto them: * 1.5 It is not for you to know the tymes, or the seasons / whiche the father hath put in his owne power: but * 1.6 ye shall re ceyue power after that the holy goost is come vpon you. And * 1.7 ye shall be wytnesses vnto me / not onely in Ierusalem / but also in all Iurye and in Samary, and euen vnto the worldes ende.

And when he had spoken these thynges, [unspec B] whyle they behelde, * 1.8 he was taken vp an hygh, and a cloude receyued hym vp out of theyr syght. And whyle they loked stedfast∣lye vp towarde heuen / as he went / beholde / two men stode by them in whyte apparell / which also sayd: ye men of Galile / why stand ye gasynge vp in to heuen? This same Iesus whiche is taken vp from you in to heuen / * 1.9 shall so come, euen as ye haue sene hym go in to heuen. ⊢

Then returned they vnto Ierusalem from the mounte (that is called Olyuete) whiche is from Ierusalem, a Sabboth dayes iour∣ney. And when they were come in, they went vp into a parler, where abode both * 1.10 Peter and Iames, and Iohn̄ and Andrewe, Philip and Thomas, Barthelmew and Mathew / Iames the sonne of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Iudas the brother of Iames.

These all contynued with one accorde in prayer and supplicacyon with the women & Mary the mother of Iesu & with his brethren

✚ And in those dayes Peter stode vp in [unspec C] the myddes of the discyples, and sayde (the nombre of names that were togyther / were aboute an hundred and twentye.) Ye men and brethren, this scrypture must nedes haue ben fulfylled, whiche the holy goost through the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas, * 1.11 whiche was gyde to them that toke Iesus. ‡ 1.12 For he was nombred with vs, and had ob∣teyned felowshyp in this ministracion. And the same hath now possessed a plat of ground with the rewarde of iniquite: and when he was * 1.13 hanged, he brast a sondre in the myd∣des, and all his bowels gusshed out. And it is knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Ieru∣salem: in so moche that the same felde is cal∣led in theyr mother tongue, Acheldama, that is to saye, the bloode felde. For it is wrytten in the booke of Psalmes: * 1.14 his habitacyon be voyde, and no man be dwellynge therin: and * 1.15 his Bysshoprycke let an other take.

Wherfore of these men whiche haue com¦panyed [unspec D] with vs (all the tyme that the Lorde Iesus had all his conuersacyon amonge vs begynnynge at the baptyme of Iohn̄, vnto that same daye that he was taken vp from vs) muste one be ordeyned, to be a wytnesse with vs of his resurrectiō. And they appoyn∣ted two, Ioseph whiche is called Barsabas (whose syr name was Iustus) and Mathias And when they prayed they sayd: thou lorde, whiche * 1.16 knowest the hertes of all men, shew whyther of these two thou hast chosen: that he may take the rowme of this ministracion and Apostleshyppe, from whiche Iudas by transgressyon fell, that he myght go to his owne place. And they gaue forth theyr lottes and the lot fel on Mathias, and he was coū∣ted with the eleuen Apostles. ⊢

CAPI. II. ✚

[unspec A]

¶ The comynge of the holy goost. The sermon of Peter before the congregacyon at Ierusalem, and the encrease of the faythfull.

WHen * 1.17 the fyftye dayes were come to an ende, they were all with one accorde to gyther in one place. And sodeynly there came a sounde from heuen, as it had ben the com∣mynge of a myghtye wynde, and it fylled al the house where they sat. And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues, lyke as they had ben of fyre, and it sat vpon eche one of them: * 1.18 and they were al fylled with the holy goost & began to speake with other tongues / euen as the same spiryte gaue them vtteraunce. There were dwellynge at Ierusalme, Iues,

deuoute men, out of euery nacyon of them that are vnder heuen. When this was noy∣sed aboute, the multitude came togither, and were astonyed, bicause that euery man herde them speake with his owne language. They wondred all, and meruayled, sayenge among them selues: beholde, are not all these whiche speake, of Galile?

And howe heare we euery man his owne [unspec B] tongue: wherin we were borne? Parthians, and Medes and Elamytes, and the inhabi∣ters of Mesopotamia, and of Iurye and of Capadocia, of Ponthus and Asia, Phrygia, and Phamphilia, of Egypt, and of the par∣tyes of Libia whiche is besyde Syren, and straungers of Rome, Ieues, and ☞ * 1.19 Pro∣selites. Grekes & Arabians: we haue herde them speake with oure owne tongues, the greate workes of God. ⊢

They were all amased, and wondred, sayeng one to an other: what meaneth this? Other mocked / sayeng: these men are full of newe wyne. ✚ But Peter stepped forth with the eleuen & lyft vp his voyce, & sayd vnto them:

Ye men of Iuiye / and all ye that dwell at [unspec C] Ierusalem: be this knowen vnto you / and with youre eares heare my wordes. For these are not dronken / as ye suppose / seynge it is but the thyrde houre of the daye. But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Ioh••l: And it shall be in the laste dayes, sayeth god: of my spityte I wyl power out vpon al flesh. * 1.20 And your son̄es and your doughters shall prophesy / and your yonge men shall se visy∣ons / and your olde men shall dreame drea∣mes. And on my seruauntes / & on my hande maydens I wyll power out of my spiryte in those dayes / and they shall prophesye. And * 1.21 I wyl shewe wonders in heuen aboue / and tokens in the earth beneath / bloode and fyre and the vapour of smoke. The sonne shal be turned in to darkenesse / and the moone in to bloode / before that great and notable daye of the Lorde come. And it shal come to passe, that * 1.22 whosoeuer shall cal on the name of the Lorde / shall be saued. ⊢

✚ Ye men of Israel / heare these wordes: [unspec D] Iesus of Nazareth a man approued of God amonge you with myracles, wonders, and sygnes, whiche God dyd by hym in the myd∣des of you (as ye youre selues knowe) hym haue ye taken by the handes of vnrighteous persons, after he was delyuered by the deter∣minat counsayle and foreknowledge of god / and haue crucifyed and sleyne hym: whome God hath reysed vp, and loosed the sorowes of death, bycause it was vnpossible, that he shulde be holden of it. For Dauid speaketh of hym: * 1.23 A forehande I sawe God alwayes before me: for he is on my ryght hande, that I shulde not be moued. Therfore dyd my herte reioyse, and my tongue was glad.

Moreouer also my flesshe shall rest in hope, bycause thou wylt not leaue my soule in hell, neyther wylte thou suffre thyne holye to se corrupcion. Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe: thou shalt make me full of ioye with thy countenaunce.

Ye men and brethren, let me frely speake [unspec E] vnto you of the patriarke Dauid. * 1.24 For he is both dead and buryed, and his sepulchre re∣mayneth with vs vnto this daye. Therfore, seynge he was a Prophet, and knewe that God had sworne with an othe to hym, that Chryst (as concernynge the flesshe) shulde come of the fruyte of his loynes, & shulde syt on his seate, he knowynge this before, spake of the resurreccion of Chryst, that his soule shulde not be lefte in hell, neyther his flesshe shulde se corrupcyon. This Iesus hath God reysed vp, * 1.25 wherof we all are wytnesses.

Synce nowe that he by the ryght hande of God is exalted, and hath receyued of the father the promesse of the holy goost, he hath shed forth this ❀ (gyfte) whiche ye nowe se and heare. For Dauid is not ascended in to [unspec F] heuen: but he sayeth: * 1.26 The Lorde sayde to my Lorde: syt thou on my ryght hande, vn∣tyll I make thy foes thy fore stoole. So ther¦fore, let all the house of Israell knowe for a suretye, that God hath made that same Ie∣sus (whome ye haue crucifyed) the Lorde and Chryst. When they herde this, they were prycked in theyr hertes, and sayde vnto Pe∣ter, and vnto the other Apostles: Ye men and brethren * 1.27 what shall we do? Peter sayde vn¦to to them: repent of your synnes / and be bap∣tysed euery one of you in the name of Iesus Chryst for the remissyon of syn̄es, and ye shal receyue the gyfte of the holye goost. For the promesse was made vnto you / and to youre chyldren, and to all that are a farre of, euen as many as the Lorde our God shall call. And with many other wordes bare he wyt∣nesse, and exhorted them, sayenge: Saue youre selues from this vntowarde genera∣cyon. Then they that gladlye receyued his preachyng, were baptised: and the same day / there were added vnto them aboute thre thou¦sande soules.

And they contynued in the Apostles do∣ctrine [unspec G] and felowshyppe, and in breakynge of breade, and in prayers. And feare came ouer euery soule. And many wonders and sygnes

were shewed by the Apostles, ❀ (at Ierusalem. And great feare came vpon all men.) And all that byleued, kept them selues togyther, and had all thynges comen, and solde theyr pos∣sessyons and goodes, and parted them to all men, as euery man had nede. And they conti∣nued dayly with one accorde in the temple / and brake breade from house to house, & dyd eate theyr meate togyther with gladnes and synglenes of herte, praysynge God, and had fauour with all the people. And the Lorde added to the congregacyon dayly, soche as shulde be saued.

¶ The halte is restored to his fecte. Peter preacheth Chryst vnto the people.

CAPI III. ✚

PEter and Iohn̄ wente vp togyther in to [unspec A] the temple at the nynth houre of prayer. And a certayne man that was halte frō his mothers wombe, was brought, whome they layde daylye at the gate of the temple (which is called bewtyful) to aske almesse of them that entred in to the temple. When he sawe Peter & Iohn̄, that they wolde go in to the temple / he desyred to receyue an almesse. And Peter fastened his eyes on hym with Iohn̄ / and sayde: loke on vs. And he gaue hede vnto them, trustynge / to receyue some thyng of them. Then sayde Peter: Syluer & gold haue I none, soch as I haue gyue I the

In the name of Iesus Chryste of Naza∣reth, [unspec B] * 1.28 ryse vp & walke. And he toke hym by the ryght hande, and lyfte hym vp. And im∣mediatly his feete and ancle bones receyued strength. And he sprange, stode, and walked, and entred with them in to the temple / wal∣kynge / and leapynge / & praysyng God. And all the people sawe hym walke & prayse god. And they knewe hym, that it was he / whiche sat & begged at the bewtyfull gate of the tem¦ple. And they wondered & were sore astonyed at that which had happened vnto hym. And as the halte whiche was healed, helde Peter & Iohn, all the peple ran amased vnto them in * 1.29 the porche that is called Salamons.

When Peter sawe that, he answered vnto [unspec C] the people. ✚ Ye men of Israell, why mer∣uayle ye at this / or why loke ye so on vs, as though by oure owne power or strength we had made this man go? The God of Abra∣ham, and of Isaac and of Iacob, the god of oure fathers hath glorified his sonne Iesus, whome ye delyuered, and * 1.30 denyed in the pre∣sence of Pylate, when he had iudged hym to be losed. But ye denyed the holye and iuste, * 1.31 and desyred a murtherer to be gyuen you / and kylled the Lorde of lyfe, whome God hath raysed from death / of the which we are wytnesses. And his name through the fayth of his name, hathe made this man sounde / whom ye se and knowe. And the fayth which is by hym / hath gyuen to hym this health in the presence of you all. And nowe brethren, I wote that through Ignoraunce ye dyd it, as dyd also your rulers. But god (which before had shewed, by the mouth of al his prophet{is} howe that Chryste shulde suffer) hath thus wyse fulfylled.

Let it * 1.32 repent you therfore, and conuerte, that your syn̄es maye be done away, ✚ when [unspec D] the tyme of refresshynge cōmeth, whiche we shall haue of the presence of the Lorde, and when god shall sende hym, which before was preached vnto you, that is to wytte Iesus Chryst, whiche must receyue heuen vntyl the tyme that all thynges, whiche god hath spo∣ken by the mouth of all his holy Prophettes synce the worlde began, be restored agayne.

Moses truly sayde vnto the fathers: * 1.33 a Prophet shall the Lorde your God rayse vp vnto you, euen of youre brethren lyke vnto me: hym shall ye heare, in all thynges what∣soeuer he shall saye vnto you. For the tyme wyll come / that euery soule whiche wyll not heare that same Prophet, shall be destroyed from amonge the people. All the Prophettes also from Samuell and thence forth (as ma¦ny as haue spoken) haue in lykewyse tolde of these dayes. Ye are the chyldren of the pro∣phettes: and of the couenaunt whiche God made vnto oure fathers, sayenge to Abra∣ham: * 1.34 Euen in thy seed shal all the kynreds of the earth be blessed. Fyrst when God had reysed vp his sonne Iesus vnto you, he sente hym to blesse you, that euerye one of you shulde turne from his wyckednesse. ⊢

¶ The Apostles are taken, and brought before the counsell. They are forbyden to preache, but they turne them to prayer, and are more obedyent vnto god, then vnto men

CAPI. IIII.

AS they spake vnto the peple, the Pree∣stes [unspec A] and the rulers of the temple, and the Sadduces, came vpon them, ta∣kynge it greuously, that they taught the peo¦ple, and preached in Iesus the resurrection frō death. And they layde handes on them / and put them in holde vntyll the nexte daye: for it was nowe euentyde. Howbeit many of them which herde the wordes / byleued / and the nombre of the men was aboute fyue, M.

And it chaunsed on the morowe, that theyr rulers and elders and Scrybes, (and An∣nas the cheyfe Preest, and Cayphas, & Iohn̄ and Alexander / and as many as were of the

kyured of the hygh Preestes) gathered togy¦ther at Ierusalē. And when they had set them before them, they asked * 1.35 by what power / or in what name haue ye done this?

✚ Then Peter full of the holy gooft sayd [unspec B] vnto them: ye rulers of the peple / and elders of Israell, yf we this day be examined of the good dede that we haue done to the sycke mā by what meanes he is made hole: be it kno∣wen vnto you all, and to all the people of Is∣raell, that by the name of * 1.36 Iesus Chryst of Nazareth / whome ye crucifyed / whome God reysed agayne from death: euen by hym doth this man stande here present before you hole * 1.37 This is the stone whiche was cast asyde of you buylders, which is become the cheyfe of the corner. Neyther is there saluacyon in any other. * 1.38 For amonge men vnder heuen there is gyuen none other name / wherin we must be saued. ⊢

When they sawe the boldnes of Peter and [unspec C] Iohn / and vnderstode that they were vnler∣ned and laye men / they meruayled / and they knewe them / that they had bene with Iesu: and beholdynge also the man (whiche was healed) standynge with them / they coulde not saye agaynst it: but cōmaunded them to go a syde out of the counsell / and counselled amonge them selues, sayenge: * 1.39 what shall we do to these men? For a manyfest sygne is done by them, and is openly knowen to all them that dwell in Ierusalem, and we can not denye it. But that it be noysed no further amonge the people, let vs threaten & charge them, that they speake hence forth to no man in this name.

And they called them, * 1.40 and cōmaunded them, that in no wyse they shulde speake nor [unspec D] teache in the name of Iesu. But Peter and Iohn̄ answered and sayde vnto them: why∣ther it be ryght in the syght of god, to herken vnto you more then to God, iudge ye. For we can not but speake, that whiche we haue sene and herde. So threatened they them, and let them go, and founde nothynge howe to pu∣nysshe them, bycause of the people. For all men praysed God bycause of * 1.41 that, whiche was done: for the man was aboue fourtye yere olde, on whome this myracle of healyng was shewed. Assone as they were let go, they came to theyr felowes, & shewed all that the hygh Preestes and elders had sayde.

And when they herde that, they lyfte vp [unspec E] theyr voyces to God with one accorde, and sayde: lorde, thou arte god, which hast made heuen & earth, the see, & all that in them is / which ❀ (in the holy goost) by the mouth of thy seruaunt Dauid ❀ (our father) hast sayd: * 1.42 Why dyd the hethen rage, and the people ymagen vayne thynges? The kynges of the earth stode vp, and the rulers came togither, agaynst the Lorde and agaynste his anoyn∣ted. For of a trueth, agayust thy holye chylde Iesus (whome thou hast anoynted) both He rode and also Poncius Pilate, with the Gen¦tyls and the people of Israel, gathered them selues togyther ❀ (in this citye) for to doo whatsoeuer thy hande and thy counsayle de∣termyned [unspec F] before to be done. And nowe lorde beholde theyr threatenynges, and graunt vn to thy seruauntes, that with all confydence they maye speake thy worde. So that thou stretche forth thyne hande / that healyng and sygnes and wonders be done by the name of thy holy chylde Iesus. And as soone as they had prayed * 1.43 the place moued where they were assembled togyther * 1.44 and they were all fylled with the holy goost, and they spake the worde of God boldly.

✚ And the multitude of them that byle∣ued, * 1.45 were of one herte, and of one soule.

Neyther sayde anye of them, that ought of [unspec G] the thyng{is} which he possessed, was his owne: but they had all thynges comon. And with greate power gaue the Apostles wytnesse of the resurrection of the lorde Iesu. And great grace was with them all. Neyther was there any amonge them, that lacked. For as many as were possessers of landes or houses, solde them, and brought the pryce of the thynges that were solde, and layde it downe at the Apostles fete. And distribueyon was made vnto euery man accordyng as he had nede. ⊢

And * 1.46 Ioses, whiche was also called of the Apostles, Barnabas (that is to saye, the son of consolacy on) beynge a Leuyte, and of the countrey of Cipers when he had lande, solde it, & layd the pryer downe at the apostles fete.

¶ The desemblynge of Ananias and Saphirs is pu∣nysshed: miracles are done by the Apostles, which are taken, but the angell of god bryngeth them oute of pryson. They are brought before the counsell. The sentence of Gamaliell. The Apostles are ••et, they reioyse in trouble.

CAPI. V.

A Certayne man named Ananias with [unspec A] Saphyra his wyfe solde a possession / and kepte awaye parte of the pryce (his wyfe also beynge of counsayle) and brought a certayne parte, and layde it downe at the Apostles feete. But Peter sayde: Ananias / howe is it, that Satan hath fylled thyne hert, that thou shuldest lye vnto the holye goost / & kepe awaye parte of the pryce of the lande? Perteyned it not vnto the onely▪ and after

it was solde / was it not in thyne owne power Why haste thou conceyued this thynge in thyne herte? Thou haste not lyed vnto men / but vnto God. When Ananias herde these wordes, he fell downe, & gaue vp the gooste. And greate feare came on al them that herde these thynges. And the yonge men rose vp / and put hym aparte, and caryed hym out / and buryed hym.

And it fortuned, that (as it were aboute [unspec B] the space of thre houres after) his wyfe came in, ignoraunt of that whiche was done. And Peter sayde vnto her: Tell me, solde ye not the lande for so moch? And she sayde: yea, for so moche. Then Peter sayde vnto her: why haue ye agreed togyther, to tempte the spi∣ryte of the Lorde? Beholde, the feete of them whiche haue buryed thy husbande, are at the dore, & shall cary the out. Then fel she downe streyght waye at his feete, and yelded vp the goost. And the yonge men came in / & founde her deade, & caryed her out / and buryed her by her husbande. And great feare came on al the congregacyon, & on as many as herde it.

By the handes of the Apostles * 1.47 were ma¦ny [unspec C] sygnes and wonders shewed amonge the people. And they were all togyther with one accorde in * 1.48 Salomons porche. And of other durst no man ioyne hym selfe to them: neuer∣thelesse the people magnifyed them. The nō∣bre of them that byleued in the Lorde bothe of men and women / grewe more and more: in so moche that they brought the sycke in to the streetes / and layde them on beddes and couches, that at the least waye the shadowe of Peter when he came by, myght shadowe some of them ❀ (and that they myght all be deliuered from theyr infyrmytyes.) There came also a multytude out of the cityes roūd aboute, vnto Ierusalem / bryngynge sycke folkes, and them whiche were vexed with vncleane spirytes. And they were healed euery one.

* 1.49 Then the cheyfe Preest rose vp, & all they [unspec D] that were with hym (which is the secte of the Saduces) & were full of indygnacyon, and layde handes on the Apostles, and put them in the comon pryson. * 1.50 But the angell of the lorde by nyght opened the pryson dores, and brought them forth, and sayd: go, and stand / and speake in the temple to the people al the wordes of this lyfe. When they herde that / they entred in to the temple early in the mor∣nynge: and taught. But the cheyfe Preest came and they that were with him, and called a counsell togyther, and all the elders of the chyldren of Israell, & sent men to the pryson to fetche them. When the minysters came / and founde them not in the pryson / they re∣turned and tolde, sayenge: the pryson truely founde we shutte with all dilygence, and the kepers standynge without before the dores.

But when we had opened, we founde no man within.

When the cheyfe Preest, and the ruler [unspec E] of the temple, and the hyghe Preestes herde these thynges, they douted of them / where∣vnto this wolde growe. Then came one and shewed them: beholde, the men that ye put in pryson, stande in the temple / and teache the people: Then wente the ruler of the temple / with minysters, and brought them without violence. For they feared the people, lest they shulde haue bene stoned.

And when they had brought them, they set them before the counsayle. And the cheyfe Preest asked them / sayenge: * 1.51 dyd not we straytely cōmaunde you, that ye shulde not teache in this name? And beholde, ye haue fylled Ierusalem with youre doctryne, and intende to brynge * 1.52 this man bloode vpon vs. Peter and the other Apostles answered, and sayde: * 1.53 We ought more to obey God then men.

The God of oure fathers raysed vp Ie∣sus / whom [unspec F] ye slewe, and hanged on t••e. Hym hath God lyfte vp with his ryght hande / to be a ruler and a sauyoure / for to gyue repen¦taunce to Israel, and forgyuenes of synnes. And we are recordes of these thynges which we saye, and so is also the holy goost, whome God hath gyuen to them that obey hym. When they herde that, they claue a sunder / & sought meanes the sley them. Then stoode there vp one in the counsayle, a pharysey, na¦med * 1.54 Gamaliell / a doctour of lawe (had in reputacyon amonge all the people) and cō∣maunded the Apostles to go asyde a lytell space, and sayd vnto them: ye men of Israel / take hede to your selues, what ye entende to do, as touchynge these men.

For before these dayes rose vp one Thu∣das, [unspec G] bostynge hym selfe, to whome resorted a nombre of men, aboute a. iiii. hundred, which was fleyne, and they all which byleued hym, were scattered abrode, & brought to nought. After this mā, was there one Iudas of * 1.55 Ga∣lile in the dayes of the trybute / & drew away moch people after hym. He also perysshed & all (euen as many as herkened to hym) were scattered abrode. And nowe I say vnto you: refrayne your selues from these men, and let them a lone. For yf this counsell, or this worke be of men, it wyll come to nought.

But and yf it be of God, ye can not destroye it, leest haply ye be founde to stryue agaynste god. And to hym agreed the other: and when they had called the apostles, they bet them, * 1.56 & cōmaunded, that they shulde not speake in the name of Iesu, and let them go.

And they departed from the counsell, * 1.57 reioy synge, that they were counted worthy, to suf∣fer rebuke for his name. And dayly in the temple and in euery house they ceased not, to teach and preache Iesus Chryst.

¶ Mynysters (or deacons) are ordeyned in the congregacyon to do seruyce in necessary thynges of the body, that the apostles may wayte onely vpon the worde of god Steuen is accused.

CAPI. VI.

IN those dayes (when the nombre of the [unspec A] disciples grewe) there arose a grudge a∣monge the Grekes agaynst the Hebrues, bycause theyr wydowes were despysed ☞ in the dayly ministracion. Then the twelue cal∣led the multitude of the disciples togyther & sayde: it is not mete, that we shulde leaue the worde of god, and serue tables. Wherfore bre¦thren, loke ye out among you seuen men * 1.58 of honest reporte, and full of the holy goost and wysdome, to whom we may commyt this bu∣synesse. But we wyll gyue our selues conty∣nually to prayer, and to the ministracyon of the worde.

And the sayeng pleased the hole multitude. [unspec B] And they chose Steuen, a man full of fayth and of the holy goost, and Philip, and Proco¦tus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Perme∣nas, and * 1.59 Nocholas a conuerte of Antioche. These they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they * 1.60 layd theyr handes on them. And the worde of God encreased, and the nombre of the disciples multiplied in Ie∣rusalem greatly, and a great company of the preestes were obedient to the fayth.

✚ And Steuen, full of fayth and power, [unspec C] dyd great wonders and myracles among the people. Then there arose certayne of the Sy¦nagoge, whiche is called the Synagoge of the Libertines and Syrenites, and of Alex∣andria, and of Celicia, and of Asia disputyng with Steuen. * 1.61 And they coulde not resyst the wysdome, & the spirite, * 1.62 which spake. ⊢

Then sent they in men, whiche sayde: We [unspec D] haue herde him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses, and agaynst God. And they moued the people, and the elders, and the scribes: and came vpon hym and caught him and brought hym to the counsell, & brought forth false wytnesses whiche sayde. This mā ceaseth not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynst this holy place and the law: For we herde hym say: This Iesus of Nazareth shal destroy this place, and shall chaunge the ordi¦naunces whiche Moses gaue vs. And all that sat in the counsell, loked stedfastly on hym, and saw his face as it had bene the face of an angell.

¶ Steuen maketh answere to his accusacyon: rebuketh the styffe necked Iu••••, and is stoned vnto death.

CAPI. VII.

THen sayd the cheyfe preest: it is euen so? [unspec A] And he sayde: ye men, brethren, and fa∣thers, herken: The God of glorye appe∣red vnto our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelte in Char∣ran, and sayd vnto hym: * 1.63 Get the out of thy countrey, and from thy kynred, and come in to the lande, whiche I shall shewe the. Then came he out of the lande of Chaldey, & dwelt in Charran. And from thence, when his fa∣ther was deade, he broughte hym in to this lande in whiche ye nowe dwell, and he gaue hym none enheritan̄ce in it, no not the bredth of a fote: * 1.64 and promysed that he wolde gyue it to hym to possesse and to his seed after hym when as yet he had no chylde.

God verely spake on this wyse * 1.65 that his seed shulde soiourne in a straunge lande, and that they shulde kepe them in bondage, and * 1.66 entreate them euyll. iiiii. C. yeres. And the nacyon (to whom they shall be in bondage) wyll I iudge, sayde God. And after that shal they come forth and serue me in this place. [unspec B] * 1.67 And he gaue hym the couenaunt of circum¦cision. * 1.68 And he begat Isaac, and cyrcumci∣sed hym the. viii. day, and ‡ 1.69 Isaac begat Ia∣cob, and * 1.70 Iacob begat the. xii. Patriarkes. ‡ 1.71 And the Patriarkes hauyng indygnacion folde Ioseph into Egypte. And god was w^t hym, & delyuered hym out of all his aduersi∣ties, and gaue hym fauour & wysdome in the syght of Pharao kynge of Egypte. And he * 1.72 made hym gouernour ouer Egypte, & ouer all his housholde. ‡ 1.73 But there came a derthe ouer all the lande of Egypte & Canaan, and great affliccyon, that our fathers founde no sustenaunce. But when Iacob herde that there was corne in Egypte he sent oure fa∣thers fyrst: * 1.74 and at the seconde tyme, Ioseph was knowen of his brethren, and Iosephs kynred was made knowen vnto Pharao. Then sent Ioseph a message, & caused his fa¦ther to be brought, and all his kyn, thre score &. xv. ☞ soules. And Iacob descended in to Egypt * 1.75 & dyed both he & our fathers, & were caried ouer in to Sichem, and layde in the se∣pulcre, ‡ 1.76 that Abraham bought for money of the sonnes of Emor, ☞ the son of Sichem.

But when the tyme of the promesse drewe [unspec C] nygh (whiche god had sworne to Abrahā) the * 1.77 people grew and multiplied in Egypt, tyll an other kynge arose whiche knewe not of Ioseph. The same delt subtelly with our kyn¦red, and euyll entreated our fathers, & made them to cast oute theyr yonge chyldren, that they shulde not remayne a lyue. * 1.78 The same tyme was Moses borne, and was acceptable vnto God, and nourysshed vp in his fathers house thre monethes. When he was cast out, Pharoes doughter toke hym vp, and nou∣rysshed hym vp for her owne sonne. And Mo¦ses was lerned in all maner a wysdom of the Egypcyans, and was myghtye in dedes and in wordes. And when he was full fourtye yere olde, it came in to his herte, to visite his brethren the chyldren of Israel. And when he sawe one of them suffre wronge, he defended hym, and auenged his quarell that had the harme done vnto hym, and smote the Egyp∣cian. For he supposed his brethrē wolde haue vnderstand how that god by his hande shuld delyuer them. But they vnderstode not.

And the nexte daye he shewed hym selfe [unspec D] vnto them as they stroue, and wolde haue set them at one agayne, sayenge. Syrs, ye are brethren, why hurte ye one an other? But he that dyd his neyghboure wronge, thrust hym away, sayenge: * 1.79 Who made the a ruler and a iudge ouer vs? Wylte thou kyl me, as thou dydest the Egypcyan yesterday? ‡ 1.80 Then fled Moses at that sayeng, and was a straunger in the lande of Madian, where he begat two sonnes.

* 1.81 And when fourtye yeres were expired, there appeared to hym in the wyldernesse of mounte Sinay, an angell of the Lorde in a flambe of fyre in a busshe. When Moses saw it, he wondred at the syght. And as he drewe nere to beholde, the voyce of the Lorde came vnto hym: * 1.82 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob. Moses trembled, and durste not beholde. Then sayde the Lorde to hym. * 1.83 Put of thy shoes from thy fete, for the place where thou standest, is holy grounde. I haue perfytely sene the affliccyon of my people, whiche is in Egypte, and I haue herde theyr grenynge, and am come downe to delyuer them. And nowe come, and I wyll sende the in to Egypte.

This Moses whom they forsoke (sayeng [unspec E] * 1.84 who made the a ruler and a iudge) the same dyd God sende to be a ruler and a delyuerer, by the handes of the angell whiche appeared to hym in the busshe. And the same broughte them out, shewynge wonders and sygnes in Egypte, and in the reed see, and in the wyl∣dernesse fourtye yeres. This is that Moses whiche sayde vnto the chyldren of Israell. A prophet shall the Lorde your god rayse vp vnto you of your brethrē, lyke vnto me, hym* 1.85 shall ye heare. This is he * 1.86 that was in the cōgregacyon in the wyldernesse with the an∣gell (whiche spake to hym in the mount Si∣nay) and with our fathers.

This man receyued the worde of lyfe to gyue vnto vs, to whome oure fathers wolde not obeye, but cast it from them, and in theyr hertes, turned backe agayne in to Egypte / sayenge vnto Aaron: Make vs godd{is} to go* 1.87 before vs: for as for this Moses that brought vs out of the lande of Egypte, we wote not what is become of hym. And they made a calfe in those dayes, and offered sacrifice vn∣to the ymage, and reioysed ouer the workes of theyr owne handes.

Then God turned hym selfe, and * 1.88 gaue [unspec F] them vp, that they shulde worshyp the hoost of the skye, as it is wrytten in the boke of the Prophettes. * 1.89 O ye of the house of Israell, gaue ye to me sacrifices and meate offeryn∣ges by the space of fourtye yeres in the wyl∣dernesse? And ye toke vnto you the taberna∣cle of ☞ Moloch, and the sterre of your god Rempham, fygures whiche ye made to wor∣shyp them. And I wyll translate you beyonde Babylon.

Oure fathers had the tabernacle of wyt∣nesse in the wyldernes, as he had appoynted them speakyng vnto Moses: * 1.90 that he shulde make it, accordyng to the fassyon that he had sene. Whiche tabernacle also oure fathers that came after, * 1.91 brought in with Iosua in to the possessyon of the Gentyls, whom God draue out before the face of oure fathers, vn∣to the tyme of Dauid: * 1.92 whiche founde fa∣uour before god, & wolde fayne haue founde a tabernacle for the god of Iacob. * 1.93 But Sa¦lomon buylte hym an house.

* 1.94 Howbeit he that is hyghest of all, dwel∣leth not in temples made with handes, as sayeth the prophet: * 1.95 Heuen is my seate, and earth is my fote stole. What house wyll ye buylde for me, sayeth the Lorde? or whiche is the place of my rest: hath not my hand made all these thynges.

Ye styffe necked and of vncircumcysed [unspec G] hertes and eares: ☞ ye haue alwayes resy∣sted the holy goost: * 1.96 as youre fathers dyd, so do ye. Whiche of the Prophettes haue not youre Fathers persecuted? And they haue sleyne them whiche shewed before of the

comynge of that iust, whome ye haue nowe betrayed, and murthered. And ye also haue receyued the lawe * 1.97 by the minystracyon of angels, * 1.98 and haue not kepte it.

✚ When they herde these thynges, theyr hertes claue a sonder, and they gnasshed on hym with theyr teethe. But he beynge full of the holye goost, loked vp stedfastly with his eyes in to heuen and sawe the glorye of god, and Iesus standynge on the ryght hande of god, and sayd: Beholde I se the heuens open and the sonne of man standyng on the ryght hande of god. Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voyce, and * 1.99 stopped theyr eares, and ran vpon hym all atonce, and cast hym oute of the citye & stoned hym. And the wytnesses layde downe theyr clothes at a yong mannes feete whose name was Saull. And they sto∣ned Seuen callynge on, and sayenge. Lorde Iesu, * 1.100 receyue my spiryte. And he kneled downe, and cryed with a loude voyce: Lorde, * 1.101 laye not this synne to theyr charge. And* 1.102 when he had thus spoken he fell a slepe. ⊢

¶ Saull persecuteth the Chrysten. The Apostles are fattered abrode Philyp cometh into Samaria. Sy∣••non Magus is baptysed: he dissembleth. Philyp baptyseth the chamberlayne.

CAPI. VIII. ✚

SAull * 1.103 consented vnto his death. And at [unspec A] that tyme there was a great persecucyon agaynste the congregacyon whiche was at Ierusalem, and they were all * 1.104 scattered a¦brode thorowe out the regyons of Iury, and Samaria, excepte the Apostles. But deuout men dressed Steuen, and made great lamen tacyon ouer hym. As for Sauil * 1.105 he made hauocke of the congregacyon, and entred in to euerye house, and drue out bothe men and women, and thrust them in to prison. Ther∣fore, they that were scattered abrode, wente euery where preachynge the worde of god.

✚ Then came Philyp in to a citye of [unspec B] Samaria, and preached Chryste vnto them. And the peple gaue hede vnto those thynges whiche Philyp spake, with one accorde, hea∣rynge and seynge the miracles which he dyd. For * 1.106 vncleane spirites cryenge with loude voyce came out of many that were possessed of them. And many taken with palsyes, and many that halted were healed.

And there was great ioye in that citye. But there was a certayne man called Simō, which before tyme in that same Citye vsed witche∣crafte, & bewytched the people of Samaria: sayenge that he was a man, that coulde do great thynges: Whom they regarded, from the least to the greatest, sayenge: this man is the power of god which is called great. And hym they set moche by, bycause that of longe tyme he had bewytched them with sorceryes.

But assoone as they gaue credence to [unspec C] Philyps preachynge of the kyngdom of god and of the name of Iesus Chryste, they were baptysed bothe men and women. Then Sy∣mon hym selfe byleued also. And when he was baptysed, he cōtynued with Philyp, and wondred, beholdynge the miracles & sygnes, whiche were shewed. ✚ When the Apostles whiche were at Ierusalem, herde saye that Samaria had receyued the worde of god, they sent vnto them Peter and Iohsi, which when they were come downe, prayed for them, that they myght receyue the holy goost. For as yet he was come on noone of them: but they were baptysed onely in the name of Chryste Iesu. * 1.107 Then layde they their hand{is} on them and they receyued the holy ghost. ⊢

When Symon sawe, that thorowe lay∣inge on of the Apostles hand{is}, the holy goost [unspec D] was gyuen, he offered them money, sayenge: gyue me also this power / that on whome so∣euer I put the handes, he maye receyue the holy goost. But Peter sayde vnto hym: thy money perysshe with the, bycause thou haste thought * 1.108 that the gyfte of God maye be ob∣teyned with money. Thou hast neyther parte nor felowshyp in this busynes. For thy herte is not ryght in the syght of god. Repent ther¦fore of this thy wyekednes, and praye God that the thought of thyne herte maye be for∣gyuen the. For I perceyue that thou arte ful of bytter gall, and wrapped in iniquite.

Then answered Symon, and sayde: * 1.109 praye ye to the lorde for me, that none of these thyn¦ges whiche ye haue spoken, fall on me. And they when they had testifyed, and preached the worde of God, returned towarde Ierusa∣lem, and preached the gospell in many cityes of the Samaritans.

✚ The Angell of the Lorde spake vnto [unspec E] Philip, sayenge: aryse, and go towarde the south, vnto the waye that goeth downe from Ierusalem vnto the citye of Gaza, whiche is in the deserte. And he arose / and went on.

And beholde: a man of Ethiopia (a chamber layne, and of great auctorite with Candace quene of the Ethiophians, and had the rule of al her treasure,) * 1.110 came to Ierusalem for to worshyppe. And as he returned home a∣gayne syttyng in his charet, he red Esaye the Prophet. Then the spiryte sayde vnto Phi∣lip: Go neare, and ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet. And Philip ran to hym, & herde hym rede the Prophet Esay, and sayde: Under∣standest thou what thou redest?

And he sayd: how can I, except I had a gyde?

And he desyred Philip, that he wolde come vp, & syt with hym. The tenoure of the scrip∣ture whiche he red, was this: * 1.111 he was led as a shepe to be sleyne: and lyke a lambe dombe before his sherer, so opened he not his mouth ☞ Bycause of his humblenesse, he was not estemed. But who shall declare his genera∣con? for his lyfe is taken from the earth. The chamberlayne answered Philip, and sayde: I praye the, of whom speaketh the Prophet this? of hym selfe? or of some other man?

Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached vnto hym Iesus. And as they went on theyr waye, they came vnto a certayne water, and the cham∣berlayne sayd: Se, here is water, * 1.112 what doth let me to be baptised? Philip sayd vnto hym:

If thou byleue with all thyne herte, thou [unspec G] mayst. And he answered and sayde, I byleue, that Iesus Chryst is the sonne of God. And he cōmaunded the charet to stande styll. And they went downe both into the water: bothe Philip and also the chamberlayne, and he baptised him. And assoone as they were come out of the water, the spirite of the lord caught awaye Philip, and the chamberlayne sawe hym no more. And he went on his way reioy∣syng: but Philip was founde at Azotus. And he walked thorowout the coūtrey, preachyng in all the cityes, tyll he came to Cesarea. ⊢

¶ Paull is conuerted, and confoundeth the Iues. Peter reyseth Tabitha.

CAPI. IX. ✚

ANd Saul yet brethynge out threatnyn¦ges [unspec A] & slaughter agaynst the disciples of the Lorde, went vnto the hygh Preest, & desyred of hym letters, to cary to Damasco to the Synagoges: * 1.113 that yf he founde any of this way (whyther they were men or wo∣men) he myght bryng them bounde vnto Ie∣rusalem. And when he iourneyed, it fortuned that as he was come nygh to Damasco, so∣denly there shyned round about hym a lyght from heuen, and he fell to the earth, & herde a voyce, sayenge to hym: * 1.114 Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he sayde: what arte thou Lorde? And the lorde sayd: I am Iesus, whom thou persecutest. It is harde for the to kycke agaynst the pryck{is}. And he both trem∣blynge and astonyed, sayde: Lorde, * 1.115 what wylte thou haue me to do? And the lorde sayd vnto hym: Aryse, and go in to the citye, and it shall be tolde the, what thou must do.

The men whiche iourneyed with hym, [unspec B] stode amased, hearyng a voyce, but seyng no man. And Saul arose frome the earth, and when he opened his eyes, he sawe no man. But they led hym by the hande, and brought hym in to Damasco. And he was thre dayes without syght, & neyther dyd eate nor drinke.

And there was a certayne disciple at Da∣masco, named Ananias, and to hym sayd the Lorde in a vision: Ananias? And he sayd, be∣holde, I am here Lorde. And the Lorde sayd vnto hym: Aryse, & go in to the strete (whiche is called streyghte) and seke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul * 1.116 of Tharsus. For beholde, he prayeth, and hath sene in a vi¦sion a man named Ananias comynge in to hym, and puttynge his handes on hym, that he myght receyue his syght.

Then Ananias answered: Lorde, I haue [unspec C] herde by many of this man * 1.117 how moche euyl he hath done to thy sayntes at Ierusalem: & here he hath auctoryte of the hygh Preestes, to bynde all that call on thy name. The lorde sayd vnto hym: go thy way, for he is a chosen vessel vnto me, to beare my name before the Gentyls, and kynges, and the chyl¦dren of Israel. For I wyll shewe hym, howe great thynges * 1.118 he must suffre for my names sake. * 1.119 And Ananias went his way, and en∣tred in to the house, & put his hande on hym, and sayde: brother Saul, the Lorde that ap∣peared vnto the in the waye as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou myghtest receyue thy syght, and be fylled with the holy goost. And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had bene scales, and he receyued syght: and arose and was baptysed, and receyued meate and was comforted.

Then was Saul a certayne dayes with [unspec D] the disciples, whiche were at Damasco. And streyght way he preached Chryst in the Sy∣nagoges, how that he was the sonne of god.

But all that herde hym, were amased, and sayde: is not this he, that spoyled them which called on this name in Ierusalem, and came hyther for that entent, that he myght brynge them bounde vnto the hygh Preestes? But Saul encreased the more in strength, and cō¦founded the Iues which dwelte at Damasco affyrmynge: that this was very Chryst. ⊢

And after a good whyle the Iues toke counsell togyther, to kyll hym. But theyr lay¦ynge awayte was knowen of Saull. And they watched the gates day and nyght to kyl hym. * 1.120 Then the discyples toke hym by nyght, and put hym through the walle, and let hym downe in a basket. [unspec E]

And when Saul was come to Ierusalem, he assayde to couple hym selfe to the disciples but they were all afrayd of hym, and beleued

not / that he was a discyple. But Barnabas toke hym, and brought hym to the apostles, and declared to them, howe he had sene the Lorde in the way, and that he had spoken to hym, and how he had done boldly at Dama∣sco in the name of Iesu. And he had his con∣uersacion with them at Ierusalem, speakyng boldely in the name of the Lorde Iesu. And he spake and disputed agaynst the Grekes: but they wente aboute to sley hym. Whiche when the brethren knewe, * 1.121 they brought him to Cesarea, and sent hym forth to Tharsus. Then had the congregacyon rest thorowout al Iuery and Galile and Samary, and were edified, and walked in the feare of the Lorde and multiplied by the comforte of the holy goost. And it chaunsed as Peter walked tho∣rowout all quarters, he came also to the sayn¦tes whiche dwelte at Lydda. And there he founde a certayne man named Eneas, which had kepte his bed. viii. yeres, and was sycke of the palsye. And Peter sayde vnto hym. Eneas: the Lorde Iesus Chryste make the hole: aryse, and make thy bed. * 1.122 And he arose immediatly. And all that dwelte at Lydda & Assaron, sawe hym, and turned to the Lorde.

There was at Ioppa a certayne woman, [unspec F] a disciple named Tabitha, (whiche by inter∣pretacion is called Dorcas) the same was ful of good workes and almesse dedes, whiche she dyd. And it chaunsed in those dayes that she was sycke, and dyed. Whom when they had wasshed, they layde her in a chamber.

But for as moche as Lydda was nygh to Ioppa, and the disciples had herde that Pe∣ter was there, they sent vnto hym two men, desyrynge hym, that he wolde not be greued to come vnto them.

Peter arose and came with them. And when he was come they brought him in to the chā∣ber. And all the wydowes stode roūde aboute hym, wepynge, and shewyng the cootes and garmentes whiche Dorcas made, whyle she was with them. And Peter put them al forth, and kneled downe & prayed: and turned hym to the body, and sayde: Tabitha * 1.123 aryse. And she opened her eyes, and when she sawe Pe∣ter she sat vp. And he gaue her the hande, & lyfte her vp. And whē he had called the sayn∣tes and wydowes, he shewed her alyue. And it was knowen thorowout al Ioppa, & many byleued on the Lorde. And it fortuned, that he taryed many dayes in Ioppa, with one Si∣mon a tanner.

¶ The visyon that Peter sawe: Howe he was sente to Cornelius. The heathen also receyue the spirite and are baptysed.

CAPI. X. ✚

THere was a certayne man in Cesarea [unspec A] called Cornelius, a captayne of the soul diours of Italy, a deuoute man, & one that feared god with al his housholde: which gaue moche almesse to the peple, and prayed god alwaye. The same sawe by a vision eui∣dently (aboute the nynth houre of the daye) an angell of God comyng in to hym: and say¦enge vnto hym: Cornelius. When he loked on hym, he was afrayde, and sayde. What is it Lorde? He sayd vnto hym. Thy prayers & thy almesses are come vp in to remembraūce* 1.124 before god. And nowe sende men to Ioppa, and call for one Symon, whose syrname is Peter. He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner whose house is by the see syde. He shal tel the, what thou oughtest to do. And when the an∣gell whiche spake vnto hym, was departed, he called two of his housholde seruauntes and a deuout souldiour of them that wayted on hym, and tolde them all the matter, & sente them to Ioppa.

On the morowe as they wente on theyr [unspec B] iourney and drewe nygh vnto the citye, Peter went vp * 1.125 vpon the top of the house to praye aboute the. vi. houre. And when he waxed an hungred, he wolde haue eaten. But whyle they made redy, he fel into a traunce, and saw heuen opened, & a certayn vessel came downe vnto hym, as it had bene a great shere, knyt at the foure corners, & was let downe to the earth, wherin were * 1.126 all maner of foure foted beast{is} of the earth, and vermyn and wormes & foules of the ayre. And there came a voyce to hym: Ryse Peter, kyl, and eate. But Peter sayd, not so Lorde, for I haue neuer eaten any thynge that is comon or vncleane. And the voyce spake vnto hym agayne the seconde tyme: * 1.127 what God hathe clensed that call not thou comon. This was done thryse, and the vessel was receyued vp agayne in to heuen.

Whyle Peter also mused in hym selfe [unspec C] what this vision (whiche he had sene) ment: Beholde, the men which were sent from Cor∣nelius, had made enquyraunce for Symons house, and stode before the dore: & called out one, and asked whyther Simon whiche was syrnamed Peter, were lodged there. Whyle Peter thought on the vision, the spirite sayd vnto hym: Beholde, men seke the: Aryse ther∣fore, and get the downe, and go with them, and doute not: For I haue sent them. Peter went downe to the men which were sent vnto hym from Cornelius, and sayde. Beholde I am he whom ye seke, what is the cause wher∣fore ye are come?

They sayde, Cornelius the captayne, a iust man, and one that feareth God, and of good reporte amonge all the people of the Iues, was warned by an holy angell, to sende for the into his house, and to heare wordes of the Then called he them in, * 1.128 and lodged them.

And on the morowe, Peter wente awaye [unspec D] with them, & * 1.129 certayn brethren from Ioppa accompanyed hym. And the thyrde daye en∣tred they into Cesarea. And Cornelius way∣ted for them, & had called togyther his kyns∣men, and specyall frendes. And as it chaun∣sed Peter to come in, Cornelius met him, and fel downe at his feete, and worshypped hym. But Peter toke hym vp, sayenge: stande vp, * 1.130 I my selfe also am a man. And as he talked with hym, he came in, and founde many that were come togyther. And he sayd vnto them: Ye know how that * 1.131 it is an vnlawful thyng for a man that is a Iue, to company or come vnto an alyent: but god hath shewed me, that I shulde not cal any man comon or vnclene: therfore came I vnto you without delay, as soone as I was sent for. I aske therfore, for what entente haue ye sent for me.

And Cornelius sayde: This day nowe. iiii. [unspec E] dayes aboute this houre, I sat fastynge, and at the nynth houre I prayed in myne house: & beholde, a man stode before me in bryght clo∣thyng, & sayd: Cornelius, thy prayer is herde, & thyn almes dedes are had in remembraūce in the syght of God. Sende men therfore to go to Ioppa, and call for Symon, whose syr∣name is Peter. He is lodged in the house of one Symon a tanner by the see syde: whiche as soone as he is come, shal speake vnto the.

Then sent I for the immediatly, and thou hast well done, that thou arte come. Nowe therfore are we all here present before God, to heare all thynges that are cōmaunded vn to the of god. Then Peter opened his mouth & sayd: Of a trueth I perceyue, that * 1.132 there is no respecte of persones with God, ‡ 1.133 but in all people, he that feareth hym, and worketh ryghteousnesse, is accepted with hym.

Ye knowe the preachynge that God sente [unspec F] vnto the chyldren of Israel, preachyng peace by Iesus Chryst, which is lorde ouer al thyn ges: ✚ whiche preachynge was publysshed thorowout all Iuery (* 1.134 and began in Galile, after the baptyme whiche Iohn̄ preached) howe * 1.135 God anoynted Iesus of Nazareth, with the holy goost, and with power. Which Iesus wente aboute doynge good, and hea∣lynge all that were oppressed of the deuyll, for God was with hym. And we are wytnes∣ses of althynges which he dyd in the lande of the Iues, and at Ierusalem: whom they slue and hanged on tree. Hym god reysed vp the thyrde day, and shewed hym openly, not to al the people, but vnto vs wytnesses (chosen be fore of God for the same entente) whiche dyd eate & drynke with hym, after he arose * 1.136 from death. ✚ And ‡ 1.137 he cōmaunded vs to preache vnto the people, and to testifie, that it is he, whiche was ordeyned of god to be the iudge of quycke and deade. To hym gyue * 1.138 all the prophettes wytnesse, that thorowe his name who souer byleueth hym shal receyue remys∣sion of synnes. ⊢ [unspec G]

Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes, * 1.139 the holy goost fell on all them whiche herde the preachynge. And they of the circumcision, whiche byleued, were astonyed, as many as came with Peter, bycause that on the Gen∣tyls also was shed oute the gyfte of the holy goost. For they herd them speake w^t tongues and magnifie God, Then answered Peter: * 1.140 can any man forbyd water, that these shuld not be baptysed, whiche haue receyued the holy goost as wel as we? And he commaun∣ded them to be baptysed in the name of the Lorde. ⊢ Then prayed they hym, to tary a fewe dayes.

¶ Peter sheweth the cause wherfore he went to the heathen. Barnab as and Paull preache vnto the heathen. Ababus prophesyeth of the derth for to come.

CAPI. XI.

ANd the apostles and brethren that were [unspec A] in Iuery, herde that the hethen had also receyued the worde of God. And when Peter was come vp to Ierusalem, they that were of the circumcisyon, contended agaynst hym, sayeng: * 1.141 Thou wentest in to men vn∣circumcised, and dydest eate with them. But Peter rehersed the matter from the begyn∣nynge, and expounded it by order vnto them sayenge: * 1.142 I was in the citye of Ioppa, pray∣enge, and in a traunce, I sawe a vision, a cer∣tayne vessell descende, as it had bene a great shete, let downe from heuen by the foure cor∣ners, and it came to me. Into the whiche whē I had fastened myne eyes, I considered, and sawe * 1.143 foure foted beastes of the earth, and vermen and wormes, and foules of the ayre.

And I herde a boyce syenge vnto me: aryse Peter, sley and eate.

But I sayde: not so Lorde, for nothynge [unspec B] comon or vncleane hathe at any tyme entred in to my mouth. But the voyce answered me agayne frome heuen: counte not thou those thynges comon, whiche God hath clensed. And this was done thre tymes. And al were taken vp agayne in to heuen.

And beholde, immediatly there were thre men alredye come to the house where I was sent from Cesarea vnto me. And the spirite sayde vnto me, that I shulde go with them, without doutyng. Moreouer * 1.144 these syxe bre¦thren accompanyed me: and we entred in to the mans house. And he shewed vs, howe he had sene an angell in his house, whiche stode and sayde to hym: sende men to Ioppa, & call for Symon, whose syrname is Peter: he shal tel the wordes, wherby thou and al thy house [unspec C] shalbe saued. And as I began to preache, the holy goost fell on them, * 1.145 as he dyd on vs at the begynnyng. Then came it to my remem∣braunce, howe that the Lorde sayde: * 1.146 Iohn̄ baptysed with water: but ye shall be bapty∣sed with the holy goost. For as moche then as god gaue them lyke giftes as he dyd vnto vs, whē we byleued on the lorde Iesus Christ

What was I, that I shulde haue with∣stande god? When they herde this, they helde theyr peace, and glorified god, sayenge: then hath God also to the Gentyls graunted re∣penta unce vnto lyfe.

* 1.147 They also which were scattered abrode thorowe the affliccion that arose about Ste∣uen, walked thorowout vnto Phenices and Cypers, and Antioche, preachyng the worde to no man, but vnto the Iues onely. Some of them were men of Cypers & Cyren: which when they were come to Antioche, spake vn∣to the Grekes, and preached the lorde Iesus. And the hande of the Lorde was with them, and a great nombre byleued and turned vn∣to the lorde. Tydynges of these thyng{is} came vnto the eares of the congregacyon, whiche was in Ierusalem. And they sent forth Bar∣nabas, that he shulde go vnto Antioche. [unspec D]

Which when he came, and had sene the grace of God, was glad, and * 1.148 exhorted them all, that with purpose of herte, they wolde conty∣nuallye cleue vnto the Lorde. For he was a good man, and full of the holy goost and of fayth: and moche people was added vnto the lorde. Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus for to seke Saul.

And when he had founde hym, he brought hym vnto Antioche. And it chaunsed that a hole yere they had theyr conuersacyon with the congregacyon there, and taught moche people: in so moche that the disciples of An∣tioche were the fyrst that were called christen.

* 1.149 In those dayes came Prophettes from the citye of Ierusalem vnto Antioche. And there stode vp one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirite, that there shulde be greate derthe thorowoute all the worlde, whiche came to passe in the Emperour Clau∣dius dayes. Then the disciples euery man accordynge to his abilite, purposed to sende * 1.150 succoure vnto the brethren whiche dwelte in Iuery. Whiche thynge they also dyd, and sente it to the elders, by the handes of Bar∣nabas and Saul.

¶ Herode persecuteth the Christen, hylleth Iames, and put∣teth Peter in pryson, whom the lorde delyuereth by an angel. The shamefull death of Herode.

CAPI. XII. ✚

AT the same tyme Herode the kyng stret¦ched [unspec A] forth his handes to vexe certayne of the congregacyon. And he kylled * 1.151 Iames the brother of Iohn̄ with the swerd. And bycause he sawe that it pleased the Iues he proceded further, and toke Peter also.

Then were the dayes of swete breade. And when he had caught hym, he put hym in pry∣son also and delyuered hym to foure qua••er∣nions of souldiours to be kepte, entendynge after Easter to bryng hym forth to the peple. And Peter was kepte in pryson. But prayer was made without ceasynge of the congrega¦cyon, vnto God for hym. And when Herode wolde haue brought hym out vnto the peple, the same nyght slepte Peter bytwene, ••. soul∣dyours, bounde with two cheynes, and the kepers before the dore kepte the pryson. And beholde * 1.152 the angel of the lorde was there pre¦sent, and a lyght shyned in the habitacyon.

And he smote Peter on the syde, & styrred [unspec B] hym vp, sayenge: Aryse vp quicklye. And his cheynes fell of frō his handes. And the angel sayd vnto hym: gyrde thy selfe, and bynde on thy ☞ sandales, and so he dyd. And he sayeth vnto hym. Cast thy garment aboute the, and folowe me. And he came out & folowed hym, and wyst not, that it was trueth whiche was done by the angell, but thought he had sene a vision. When they were past the fyrst and the seconde watch, they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citye, * 1.153 whiche opened to them by the owne accorde. And they went out, and passed thorowe one strete, and forth with, the angell departed from hym. And when Peter was come to hym selfe, he sayde: Nowe I knowe of a suretye, that the Lorde hath sente his angell, and hath delyuered me oute of the hande of Herode, and from all the waytynge for, of the people of the Iues. ⊢

✚ And as he consydered the thynge, he [unspec C] came to the house of Mary the mother of one Iohn̄ (whose syrname was Marke) where many were gathered togyther * 1.154 in prayer. As Peter knocked at the entry dore, a damsel came forth to herken, named Rhoda.

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But whan they had gone thorowe Mysia, they came downe to * 1.155 Troada. And a vision appered to Paul in the nyght. There stode a mā of Macedonia and prayed hym, saying: come into Macedonia, & helpe vs. After he had sene the vysyon, immedeatly prepared to go into Macedonia, being certified that [unspec C] the Lord had called vs, for to preache y^• gos∣pell vnto thē. Whan we losed forth then frō Troada, we came w^e astrayte course to Sa¦mothracia, & y^• next day to Neapoli, and frō thence to Philippos, which his y^• chefe citie in the partes of macedonia, and a fre cytie.

We were in that cytie abyding certayne dayes. And on y^• Saboth dayes we wēt out of the citie besydes a ryuer, where men were wont to praye. And we sat downe, & spake vnto the wemē which resorted thyther. And a certayne womā (named Lydia) a seller of purple, of the cytie of Thyatira, which wor∣shipped God, gaue vs audiēce. Whose herte the Lorde opened, that she attēded vnto the [unspec D] thynge, whiche Paul spake. When she was baptised, and her housholde, she besought vs, sayinge: If ye thynke that I beleue on the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. And she * 1.156 constrayned vs.

And it fortuned as we went to prayer a certayne damsel possessed w^t ‡ 1.157 a spirit y^• pro∣phesyed, met vs, which brought her master and mastres much vauntage with Prophe sying. The same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying: * 1.158 these men are the seruaūtes of the most hye God, which shew vnto vs y^• waye of saluacyon. And this dyd she many dayes. But Paul not cōtent, turned about, & sayde to the spirit. I cōmaunde the * 1.159 in the name of Iesu Christ, that y^u come out of her. And he came out the same houre.

And when her master & mastres sawe that * 1.160 the hope of theyr gaynes was gone, they caught Paul and Sylas, and drue thē into [unspec E] the market place vnto y^• rulars, & brought thē to the officers, saying: These men trou∣ble our cytie seige they are Iewes, & preach ordinaūces, which are not lawful for vs to receaue, neyther to obserue, seinge we are Romayns. And the people rāne against thē, & the officers rent theyr clothes, & cōmaūded thē to * 1.161 be beaten w^t roddes. And when they had beaten thē sore, they cast thē into preson, cōmaūdinge the tayler of the preson to kepe thē diligētly. Whiche when he had receaued suche cōmaūdemēt, thrust thē into the inner presō, & made theyr fete fast in the stockes.

At mydnight Paul & Sylas prayed, and [unspec F] lauded God. And the presoners hearde thē. And sodenly there was a great erathquake, so y^• the foūdacion of the preson was shakē, and * 1.162 immediatly all the dores opened and euery mānes bandes were losed. When the keper of y^• presō waked out of his slepe and sawe the preson dores open, he drue out his swearde & wolde haue kylled him selfe, sup∣posinge that the presoners had bene fledde. But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying do thy selfe no harme, for we are all heare. Then he called for a lyght & sprange in and cam trēblyng vnto Paul & fel downe at the fete of Paul & Sylas, & brough thē out, and sayde: Syrs * 1.163 what must I do to be saued? And they sayde ‡ 1.164 beleue on the Lorde Iesus, and y^u shalt be saued & thy housholde. And [unspec G] they preached vnto hi the worde of y^• Lorde and to all y^t were in his house. And he toke thē the same houre of the nyght, & wasshed theyr woundes, & was baptised and all they of his housholde strayght waye. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meate before thē, and * 1.165 ioyed that he with al his housholde, beleued on God.

And when it was daye, the offycers sent the ministers, saying: let those men go. The keper of the presō tolde this saying to Paul: the officers haue sēt worde to lose you. Now therfore, get you hence, & go in peace. Then sayde Paule vnto thē they haue beaten vs openly vncondemned, for all that we are Romayns, and haue cast vs into presō: and nowe wolde they sende vs awaye preuely? Naye Uerely, but let thē come thē selues, & fet vs out. When the ministers tolde these wordes vnto y^• officers, they feared whē they hearde, y^• they were Romaynes * 1.166 they cam and besought them & brought thē out, and desyred thē, to departe out of the cytie. And they went out of y^• preson, & entred into the house of Lydia and when they had sene the brethren, they cōforted them, and departed.

¶ Paule commeth to Thessalonica, where the Iewes set the cytie on •• r••re Paule of capeth, and commeth to ••te••s▪ where he preached the true and vnknowen God.

CAPI. XVII.

AS they made theyr iourney thorowe [unspec A] Amphilopis, & Appolonia, they came to thessalōica, where was a Sinagoge of y^• Iewes. And Paul (as his maner was) went in vnto them, & thre Sabboth dayes decla∣red out of the scripture vnto thē, openynge and alleginge, y^• * 1.167 Chryst must nedes haue suffred, and ryse agayne from deeth▪ & that this Iesus was Chryste, whom (sayde he) I preached to you And * 1.168 some of thē bele∣ued, and came and companyed with Paule

& Sylas, & of the deuoute Grekes a great multitude, & of the chefe wemē, not a fewe.

But the Iewes which beleued not, had in dignacion & toke vnto thē euyl men, whiche were vagabūdes, & gathered a cōpany & set al the citie on a roare, & made assaute vnto y^• house of Iasō, & sought to bring thē out to y^• [unspec B] people. And whē they foūde thē not, they drue Iason, & certaine brethrē vnto the heades of the citie, crying: these that trouble the world are come hither also, whō Iason hath recey¦ued preuely. * 1.169 And these al do cōtrary to the decrees of Cesar, affirmig another king, one Iesus. And they troubled the people, & the officers of the citie, whē they herde these thi∣ges. And when they were sufficiētly answe∣red of Iason, & of the other, they let thē go.

And the brethrē immediatly sēt away Paul a Sylas by nyght vnto Berrea. Which whē [unspec C] they were come thither, they entred into y^• Si¦nagoge of the Iewes. These were y^• noblest of byrth among thē of Thessalonica, whiche recyeued the word w^t al diligence of mynde, & serched * 1.170 the scriptures dayly, whither tho¦se thiges were euen so. And many of thē bele¦ued: also of worshypful women which were Grekes, & of men not a few. When y^• Iewes of Thessalonica had knowledge, y^• the word of God was preched of Paul at Berrea: they came, & moued the people ther. And then im¦mediatly the brethrē sent away Paul, to go as it were to the see: but ‡ 1.171 Silas & Timothe∣us abode there styl. And they y^• gided Paul, [unspec D] brought him vnto Athens, & receiued a com¦maūdement vnto Silas & Timotheus, for to come to hi w^t spede, & came their way. Whi¦le Paul wayted for thē at Athens, his spirit was moued in hi, whē he sawe the cytie giuē to worshypping of ymages. Then disputed he in the smagoge w^t the Iewes, & wyth the deuout persons: & in the maket dayly w^t thē that came vnto hi by chaūce. Certayne Phi¦losophers of the Epicures & of the Stoyck{is} disputed with hi. And some there were whi∣che [unspec E] sayde: what wyll this babler say? Other sayd: he semeth to be a tidiges briger of new deuils, because he preached vnto thē Iesus & the resurreccion. And they toke hym, and brought hi into Marce strete, sayig: may we not knowe what this newe doctrine wherof thou spekest, is? For thou bryngest straunge tydinges to our eares. We wolde know ther¦fore, what these thinges meane. For all the Athenians & straungers which were there, gaue thē selues to nothing els, but eyther to tell, or to heare some newe thyng.

Paul stode in the middes of Marce strete, & sayde: ye men of Athens, I perceyue y^• in all thig{is} ye are to supersticious. For as I passed by, & beheld the maner how ye worship your [unspec F] goddes, I foūde an aulter wherin was writ¦tē: vnto the vnknowē God. Whō ye then ig∣noraūtly worshyp, him shewe I vnto you: * 1.172 God y^e made the world & al that are in it (se∣ing y^e he is Lord of heuen & earth) ‡ 1.173 dwelleth not in tēples made w^t handes, nether is wor¦shypped with mens hādes, as though he ne¦ded of any thing, seing he hi self * 1.174 giueth life & breth to all men euery where, & hath made of one blode al naciōs of men, for to dwel on al y^• face of the earth, & hath assigned before, how long time, & also the endes of their inha¦bitaciō, y^e they shulde seke god, if they might fele & fynde him, though he be not farre frō euery one of vs. For in him we lyue, moue, & haue our beinge, as certayne of your owne Poetes sayd: For we are also his generaciō, For asmuch then as ☞ we are the generaci¦on of God, we ought not to thincke that the [unspec G] Godhead is lyke vnto golde, siluer or stone, grauen by crafte & ymagmation of man.

* 1.175 And the tyme of this ignoraūce God re¦garded not. * 1.176 But now biddeth al men eue∣ry where repēt, bicause he hath appoynted a day, in the which he wyl iudge the world w^t ryghtuousnes, by that man by whō he hath apoynted, & hath offered fayth to al men, af∣ter that he had raysed him from death.

When they herde of the resurreccyon frō death, some mocked, & other sayde: we wyll heare the agayne of this matter. So Paule departed frō among thē. Howbeit certayne men claue vnto hi & beleued•• among y^• whi∣che was Diomsius a senatoure, & a woman named Demaris, and other with them.

¶ Paule preached at Corinthum, contynuing there a yere and a halfe, goeth agayne into Syrta▪ commeth to Ephesus Cesar•• and Antioche. Of Apollos Aqnda and Priscilla.

CAPI. XVIII.

AFter this, Paul departed frō Athens, [unspec A] & came to Corīthū, & founde a certaine Iewe named * 1.177 Aquila, borne in Pōthus, la∣tely come frō Italie with his wyfe Priscilla (because y^e the Emperour Claudius had cō∣maūded al Iewes to depart frō Rome) & he drue vnto them, because he was of the same craft, he abode w^t thē, & wrought: there craft was to make tētes. And he preached in the si¦nagoge euery Sabboth day{fleur-de-lys} (settyng forth in the meane whyle the name of the Lorde le∣sus) & exhorted the Iewes and the Gentyls.

When Silas and Timotheus were come* 1.178 from Macedonia, Paul was cōstrayned by the spirite, to testifye to the Iewes that Ie∣sus was very Christ. And when they sayde

contrary & blasphemed * 1.179 he shoke hys ray∣ment and sayde vnto them: your bloude be vpon your owne heades: from hence forth wyl I go blamelesse vnto the Gentils. And he departed thence, & entred into a certayne mans house, named Iustus, a worshypper of God, whose house ioyned harde to the sy∣nagoge. Howbeit, one Crispus the chefe ru∣ler of the sinagoge * 1.180 beleued on the Lorde with all his housholde, & many of the Corin th••ās whan they gaue audience, beleued, & were baptysed.

Then spake the Lord to Paul in y^• nyght [unspec B] * 1.181 by a vision: be not afrayed, but speke, and holde not thy peace: for I am with the, & no man shal muade the, that shal hurt the. For I haue muche people in this citie. And he cō¦tinued there a yeare and sixe mouethes, and taught them the worde of God.

When Gallio was ruler of the coūtre of Aca••a, the Iewes made insurreccion▪ with one accord agaynst Paul, & brought him to the iudgement seate, saying: this felow coū∣celeth men to worshyp God contrary to the lawe. And whā Paul now was about to o∣pen his mouth, Gallio said vnto the Iewes: yf it were a matter of wrōge, or an euyl dede (Oye Iewes) reason wolde that I shulde heare you: but yf it be a question of wordes or of names, or of your lawe, loke ye to it your selues. For I wyl be no iudge of suche matters, and he draue them from the seate: Then al the Grekes toke Sostenes the chefe ruler of the Synagoge, & smote him before the iudges seate. And Gallio cared for none of those thynges.

Paule after this, taried there yet a good [unspec C] whyle, & then toke his leaue of his brethren, & sayled thence into Ciria, Priscilla & Aqui∣la accōpanying him. And ☞ * 1.182 he shore his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vowe. And he came to Ephesus & left thē there: but he him selfe entred into the Synagoge, & reasoned with the Iewes. When they desyred him to ••ary lōger tyme with them, he cōsented not, but bad them fare wel saying. I must nedes (at this feast that cōmeth) be in Ierusalem: but I wyl returne agayne vnto you * 1.183 yf god wyll. And he departed from Ephesus: and whan he was come vnto Cesarea: & ascēded vp & saluted the congregacyon, he departed vnto Antioche: and whē he had taryed there a whyle, he departed: and went ouer all the countre of Galacia and Phrigia by ordre, strengthyng all the discyples.

And a certayne Iewe named * 1.184 Appollos [unspec D] borne at Alexandria, came to Ephesus, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures The same was informed in the waye of the Lorde, and spake feruently in the spirit, and taught diligently the thinges of the Lord, & knewe but the baptyme of Iohn onely. And the same began to speake boldly in the Sy∣nagoge. Whō when Priscilla & Aquila had herde they toke him vnto them, & expoūded vnto him the way of God more perfectly.

And when he was disposed to go into A∣caia, the brethren wrote, exhortynge the dys∣cyples to receyue hym. Whiche whā he was come, helped them much which had beleued thorowe grace: For he ouer came the Iewes myghtely: and that openly, shewyng by the scriptures, that Iesus was Christ.

Of the xii. mē that were baptised at Ephesus, & what mira¦cles were done by Paul. Demecri{us} moueth s••diciō in the cite

CAPI. XIX.

IT fortuned that while Apollo was at Co¦rinthum, [unspec A] Paul passed thorow the vpper costes, & came to Ephesus, and founde cer∣tayne disciples, & said vnto them haue ye re¦ceyued the holy ghost, sēce ye beleued? And they sayde vnto him: no, we haue not herde whether ther be any holy ghost or no. And he sayde vnto them: wher with were ye then baptised? And they said: with ☞ Iohns bap¦tyme. Then sayd Paul: * 1.185 Iohn verely bap∣tised with the baptyme of repentaunce, say∣ing vnto the people that they shulde beleue on him, whiche shulde come after him: that is on Christ Iesus. When they herde this, they were baptised in the name of the Lorde Iesu. And whan Paule* 1.186 layde his haudes vpon them, ‡ 1.187 the holy ghost came on them, & they* 1.188 spake with tonges, and prophesyed, and all the men were about twelue.

And he went into the sinagoge, and beha¦ued him selfe boldly for the space of thre mo∣nethes, disputyng and gyuyng them exhor∣tacions of the kyngdome of God. ⊢ when diuers waxed hard herted & beleued not, but spake euyl of the way of the Lord (& that be∣fore the multitude) he departed from them, and seperated the disciples. And he disputed daily in the scole of one called Tirānus. And this cōtynued by the space of two yeares: so [unspec C] that al they which dwelt in Asia, hearde the worde of the Lorde Iesu, both Iewes and Grekes. And God* 1.189 wrought special myra∣cles by the handes of Paul, so that from his body, were brought vnto the sicke, napkis & partlettes, & the diseases departed frō them, and* 1.190 the euyl spirites went out of them.

Then certayne of the vagab••nde Iewes exorcistes, toke vpon them to cal ouer them

(whiche had euyll spirites) the name of the Lord Iesus, sayige: We adiure you by* 1.191 Ie∣su, whō Paul preacheth. And there were se∣uen sōnes of one Sceua a Iewe & chefe of y^• prestes whiche dyd so. And the euyll spirite answered and sayd: Iesus I know, & Paul [unspec D] I knowe: but who are ye? And the man in whom the euyll spirit was, ranne on them, & ouercame them, and preuailed against thē so y^t they fledde out of that house naked and wounded. And this was knowen to all the Iewes & Grekes also, which dwelt at Ephe¦sus, and feare came on them all, & the name of the Lorde Iesus was magnified.

And many that beleued, came, & * 1.192 cōfessed & shewed their work{is}. Many of thē which v∣sed curto{us} craftes, brought their bok{is} & bur∣ned thē before all mē, & they coūted the price of thē, & foūde it. l. M. siluerling{is}, So migh∣tely grewe y^• worde of God, & preuayled. Af∣ter these thiges were ended Paul purposed in y^• spirit whā he had passed ouer Macedo∣nia & Achaia) to go to Ierusalē, saying. Af∣ter I haue bene there, I must also se Rome. So sēt he into Macedonia two of thē y^t mini¦stred vnto hī, euen Timotheus, & Erastus: but he hī self remayned in Asia for a season.

The same tyme there arose no lytel a do [unspec E] aboute that waye. For a certayne man na∣med Demetrius, a siluer smyth (which made syluer shrynes for Diana) was not a lytle beneficial vnto the craftes men. Whō he cal¦led togyther w^t the workmen of lyke occupa¦cion, and sayde: Syrs, ye know that by this craft * 1.193 we haue auaūtage. Moreouer, ye se •• here that not alone at Ephesus, but almost thorow out al Asia, this Paul hath perswa¦ded and turned away much people, saying, that * 1.194 they be not Goddes whiche are made with handes. So that not onely this oure craft cōmeth into parell to be set at nought: but also that the tēple of the great Goddesse Diana shuld be despised, & her magnyficēce shulde be destroyed, whom all Asia and the worlde worshyppeth.

When they herd these sayinges, they were full of wrath, & cryed out sayinge. Great is Diana of the Ephesiās. And al the cite was on a rore, & they rushed into the comē hal w^t one assent, & caught Gaius & Aristarcus, mē [unspec F] of Macedonia, Pauls cōpaniōs. Whē Paul wolde haue entred in vnto the people, y^• dis∣ciples suffered him not. But certayne of the chefe of Asia, which were his frēdes) sent vn to him, desyringe him, y^t he wolde not preace into the comē hal. Some therfore cryed one thyng & some another, & the Congregacion was al out of quiet, & the more parte knewe not wherfore they were come togyther.

Some of the cōpany drue forth Alexāder, the Iewes thrustyng hi forwardes. Alexan¦der: * 1.195 beckened w^t the hande, & wolde haue gyuen y^• people an answere. Whē they knew that he was a Iewe, there arose a shoute al∣most for the space of two houres, of al men, crying: great is Diana of the Ephesians.

Whē the towne clarke had ceased the peo∣ple, [unspec G] he sayd: ye men of Ephesus, what mā is it that knoweth not howe that the cytie of y^• Ephesians is a worshipper of the great god desse Diana, ☞ of the ymage which came from heauen. Seinge then that nomā sayth here agaynst, ye ought to be cōtēt, and to do nothyng rashly: for ye haue brought hyther these men: which are nether robbers of chur¦ches, nor yet despisers of youre goddesse. Wherfore, yf Demetrius & the craftes men which are with hym, haue a matter agaynst any mā, the law is opē, and there are rulers, let them accuse one another. But yf ye go a∣boute any other thyng, it shalbe determined in a lawful congregacion. For we are in ••eo¦pardy to be accused of this dayes vproure, for asmuch as there is no cause, wherby we may gyue a reckenyng of this concourse of people. And when he had thus spoken, he let the congregacion depart.

¶ Paul goeth into Macedonia and into Grece. At Troa•• he raysed vp a deade body. At Ephesus he calleth the elders of the Congregacyon togyther, commy••••••th the kepynge of Gods flocke vnto them, warneth them of false teachers, ••••••¦keth his prayer with them, and departeth to shyppe.

CAPI. XX.

AFter that the rage was ceased, Paule [unspec A] called the disciples vnto him, and toke his leaue of thē, & departed for to go into Ma¦cedonia. And when he had gone ouer those parties, & had giuen thē a long exhortacion, he came into Grece & there abode. iij. mone∣thes. And when the Iewes layde wayte for him as he was about to sa••e into Syria, he purposed to returne thorowe Macedonia. There accōpanyed him ito Asia, Sop••ter of Berrea, and of Thessalonia, Aristarcus and [unspec B] Secūdus, and Gayus of Derba, & Timo∣theus, & out of Asia Tychicus and * 1.196 Tro∣phimus. These goynge before, taried vs at Troas. And we sayled away from Philip∣pos after the dayes of swete breade, & came vnto them to Troas in fyue dayes, where we abode seuen dayes.

And vpō one of the Saboth dayes, whā y^• disciples came togyther for to breke breed Paul preached vnto them (redy to depart on the morow) & continued the preaching vnto

to mydnyght. And there were many lyghtes in the chambre, where we were gathered to∣gither, and there sat in a wyndow a certayne yonge man (named Euticus) beyng fallē in∣to a depe slepe. And as Paul was preaching he was the more ouercome with slepe, and fell downe from the thyrd lofte, & was takē vp deed. But whan Paule went downe, he [unspec C] fel on him* 1.197 & embrased him, and sayd: make nothyng a do, for his lyfe is in him. So whē he was come vp agayne, and had broken the bread & eaten, and talcked a long whyle (euen tyll the mornyng) at the last he depar¦ted. And they brought the yong man alyue, and were not a lytell comforted.

And we went afore to shyp, and lowsed vnto Asson there to receyue Paule. For so had he appointed, and wolde him selfe go a fote. When we were come togither at Asson we toke him in, & came to Mytilnes. And we sayled thence, and came the nexte daye ouer agaynst Chios. And the nexte day we ary∣ued at Samos, & taried at ••rogylon. The nexte daye we came to Myleton: for Paule [unspec D] had determined to sayle ouer by Ephesus, because he wold not spende the tyme ī Asia. For he hasted (yf it were possyble for him) to kepe at Ierusalem the daye of Pentecost. And from Myleton he sent messaungers to Ephesus, and called the elders of the congre¦gacyon. Whyche when they were come to hym, he sayde vnto them: Ye know from the fyrst daye that I came into Asia, after what maner I haue bene with you at all ceasons, seruynge the Lorde with all humblenes of mynde, and with many teares and tempta∣cions whiche happened vnto me by the lay∣inges awayt of the Iewes, because I wold kepe backe nothynge that was profytable vnto you: but to shewe you & teache you opē¦ly, and thorowe out euery house, wytnessing both to the Iues, & also to the Grekes, the * 1.198 repentaūce, that is toward God, & y^e fayth which is toward our Lord Iesus. And now beholde I go bounde in the spirit vnto Ie∣rusalem, [unspec E] not knowing the thinges that shal come on me there, but that * 1.199 the holy Ghost wytnesseth in euery cytie, sayinge: that ban∣des & trouble abyde me. But none of these thinges moue me ‡ 1.200 nether is my lyfe dere vn to my selfe, that I might fulfyl my course w^t ioye, & the ministracion {fleur-de-lys} (of the worde) whi∣che I haue receyued of the Lord Iesu, to te∣stifye the Gospel of the grace of God.

And nowe beholde. I am sure, y^• hēceforth ye al (thorowe whom I haue gone preching the kīgdome of god) shal se my fate no more Wherfore, I take you to recorde thys daye that I am pure from the bloude of all men. [unspec F] For I haue spared no labour, but haue she∣wed you all the councell of God. Take hede therfore vnto your selues & to all the flocke among whom the holy ghost hath made you ouerfears, to rule the congregacion of God which he hath purchased with his bloude. ‡ 1.201 For I am sure of this, that after my depar∣tynge shall greuous wolues entre in amōg you, not sparyng the flocke. Moreouer, of your owne selues shal men aryse, speakyng peruerse thīges to drawe disciples after thē, Therfore awake, & remēbre, that by the spa∣ce of. iii. yeares: I ceased not to warne euery one of you nyght & day with teares.

And now brethrē, I commende you to god [unspec G] & to the worde of his grace, which is able to builde farther, & to gyue you an inheritaūce amonge all them whiche are sanctified * 1.202 I haue desyred no mans syluer, golde, or ve∣sture. Yee ye your selues knowe that * 1.203 these hādes haue ministred vnto my necessities, & to them that were with me. I haue shewed you all thynges, howe that so laborynge ye ought to receiue the weake, & to remēbre the wordes of the Lord Iesu, how that he sayd: it is more blessed to gyue then to receyue.

And when he had thus spokē, he kneled downe * 1.204 & prayed with them all. And they all wepte sore & fel on Pauls necke, & kyssed hym, sorowyng, moste of all for the wordes which he spake, that they shulde se hys face nomore. And they conuayed hym vnto the Shyppe.

¶ Pauls iorney by shyppe. Of Phyllyppe the Euangelyst and Agabus the Prophete whiche warned Paule not to go to Ierusalem, He remayned stedfast in his purpose, and is taken in the temple.

CAPI. XXI.

ANd whan it chaunsed that we had laū¦ched [unspec A] forth, & were departed from thē, we came with a straight course vnto Choo•• & the day folowyng vnto the Rhodes, & frō thence vnto Patara. And whā we had got ten a shippe that wold sayle vnto Phenices, we went aborde into it, and set forth. But whan Cyprus begāne to appeare vnto vs, we lefte it on the left hāde, and sayled vnto Siria, and came vnto Tyre. For there the shyppe vnladed the burthen. And when we had founde brethren, we taryed there se¦uen dayes. And they tolde Paule thorowe the spirite * 1.205 that he shulde not go vp to Ie∣rusalem. And when the dayes were ended we departed and went our waye, and they all brought vs on oure waye, wyth wyues and chyldren, tyll we were come out of the

cytie. And we kneled downe in the shore * 1.206 & prayed. And when we had takē our leue one [unspec B] of another, we toke shyppe, & they returned home agayne.

When we had full ended the course from Tyre, we went downe to Ptolomaida, & sa∣luted the brethren, and abode with them one day. The nexte day, we that were of Pauls cōpany departed, and came vnto Cesarea. And we entred into the house of * 1.207 Philyp the Euangelist, which was one of the seuen, & abode with him. The same man had foure [unspec C] daughters virgins, whiche dyd * 1.208 prophesy And as we taryed there a good mayny of dayes, there came a certayne prophete from Iury, named Agabus. When he was come vnto vs, he toke Pauls gyrdell, and boūde his fete, & hādes, & sayde: Thus sayth the ho¦ly ghost * 1.209 so shal the Iewes at Ierusalē bid the man that oweth this gyrdel, and shal de¦lyuer him into the hādes of the Gentyls.

When we herde this, bothe we and other which were of the same place be sought him that he wold not go vp to Ierusalem. Then Paul answered: & sayd: what do ye weping & vexynge myne herte? I am redy, not to be bounde onely, but also to dye at Ierusalem for the name of the Lorde Iesu. When we coulde not turne hys mynde, we ceased, say∣inge * 1.210 the wyll of the Lorde be fulfylled. Af∣ter those dayes we toke vp our burthens, & went vp to Ierusalem. * 1.211 There went wyth vs also certayne of the dysciples of Cesarea [unspec D] and brought with them one M••ason of Ci∣prus, an olde dysciple, with whom we shuld lodge. And when we were come to Ierusa∣lem, the brethren receyued vs gladly. And on the morowe, Paule went in with vs vn∣to Iames. And all the elders came togy∣ther. And when he had saluted them, he told by ordre all thynges, that God wrought a∣monge the Gentyls by his mynystracyon. And when they herde it, they gloryfyed the Lorde, and sayde vnto him: Thou feest bro∣ther, howe many thousande Iewes there are whiche beleue, and they are al ernest fo∣lowers ouer the law. And they are informed of the, that y^• teachest all the Iewes whiche are among the Gentyls, to forsake Moses: and sayd, that they ought not to circumcyse theyr chyldren, nether to lyue after the custo¦mes. What is it therfore? The multitude must nedes come togither. For they shal here that thou art come. Do therfore this, that we saye to the.

* 1.212 We haue foure men, which haue a vow on them. Them take, & purify thy selfe with thē, and do cost on thē, that they may shaue their heades: and all shal knowe, that those [unspec E] thynges which they haue herde concernyng the, are nothyng: but that thou thy self also walckest and kepest the lawe. But as tou∣chynge the Gentyls which beleue * 1.213 we haue wrytten and concluded, that they obserue no such thyng: saue onely that they kepe thē selues from thynges, offered to ydolles, and from bloude, and from strangled, and from fornicacion. Then the nexte day Paul toke the men, * 1.214 and purifyed him selfe with them and entred into the temple, declarynge that he obserued the dayes of the purificaciō, vn¦tyll that an offerynge shulde be offered for euery one of them.

And whan the seuen dayes were now al∣most ended, the Iewes whyche were of Asia (when they sawe hym in the Temple) mo∣ued al the people, and layde handes on him, cryinge: men of Israell, helpe. This is the [unspec F] man, that teacheth all men euery where a∣gaynste the people and the lawe, and thys place. He hath also brought Grekes into the temple, and hath polluted thys holy place. For they had sene with hym one in the cytie. * 1.215 Trophimus an Ephesiā, whom they sup∣posed that Paul had brought into the tem∣ple. And al the cytie was moued, and the peo¦ple swarmed togyther. And they toke Paul and drue him out of the temple, & forth with, the dores were shut.

As they wente aboute to kyl hym tidin¦ges came vnto the hye captayne of the sou∣dyers, that al Ierusalem was moued. Whi¦che immediately toke souldyers and vnder captaynes, and ranne downe vnto thē. Whē they sawe the vpper captayne and the soul∣dyers: they lefte smityng of Paul. Then the [unspec G] Captayne came nere and toke him, and com¦maunded him to be bounde with two chay∣nes, and demaūded what he was, and what he had done. And some cryed one thyng, so∣me another amonge the people. And when he coulde not knowe the certayntye for the rage, he commaunded hym to be caryed in∣to the Castle. And whan he came vnto a stai¦re, it fortuned that he was borne of the soul∣dyers for the vyolence of the people. For the multytude of the people folowed after, cry∣inge: awaye with hym.

And whan Paul begāne to be caryed into the castle, he sayde vnto the hye Captayne: may I speake vnto the? Which sayd: Canst thou speake Greke? Art not thou that Egy∣pcyan, whiche before these dayes madest an vproure, and leddest out into the wildernes.

iiij. thousande men that were murtherers? But Paul said: I am a mā which am a Iew of * 1.216 Tharsus a citie in Cicill, a Citisin of no vyle cyte, I beseche y^• suffre me to speke vn∣to the people. And whē he had giuen him ly∣cēc••, Paul stode on the steppes, * 1.217 & beckned w^t the hande vnto the people: & whan there was made a gret sylence, he spake vnto thē in the Hebrue tong saying.

¶ Paul answereth the Iewes, He is scourg••d, and layde in pryson agayne.

CAPI. XXII.

MEn, brethren, & fathers, heare ye myne [unspec A] answere which I make now vnto you when they herde that he spake in the Ebrue tong to them, they kept the more silēce. And he sayeth, I am verely a man whiche am a Iewe borne in * 1.218 Tharsus, a cite in Cicyl: ne¦uerthelesse yet brought vp in thys cytie, at the fete of Gamaliel, and informed diligent¦ly in the lawe of the fathers, and was feruēt mynded to god ward, as ye al are this same day, and * 1.219 I persecuted this waye vnto the* 1.220 deth byndyng & deliuering into prison both men and wemen, as the chefe prest doth bere me wytnes, and all the estate of the elders: of whome also I receyued letters vnto the brethren, and went to Damasco to brynge them (which were there bounde) vnto Ieru∣lem for to be punyshed.

And it fortuned (that as I made my iorney [unspec B] and was come nye vnto Damasco aboute none) sodenly there shone from heuen a gret lyghte rounde aboute me, and I fell vn∣to the earth, and herde a voyce saying vnto me: * 1.221 Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And I answered: what art thou Lord? And he sayd vnto me. I am Iesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. And they that were wyth me: sawe verely a lyght and were a∣frayed: but they herde not the voyce of hym that spake wyth me. And I saide: what shal I do Lorde? And the Lorde sayde vnto me: Aryse and go into Damasco, & there it shal∣be tolde the of all thynges, which are apoin¦ted for the to do. And when I sawe nothyng for the brightnes of that light, I was led by the hand of them that were with me, & came into Damasco.

‡ 1.222 And one Ananias a perfecte man, (and as pertaynynge to the lawe hauynge good [unspec C] reporte of al the Iewes whych there dwelt) came vnto me, and stode, and sayde vnto me: Brother SAVLE, receyue thy syght, And the same houre I receaued my syghte, and sawe hym. And he sayde: the God of our Fathers hath ordayned the before, that thou shuldest knowe hys wyll, and se the thynge that is ryghtefull, and shuldest heare the voyce of hys mouthe: for thou shalte be hys wytnesse vnto all men of tho∣se thynges, whyche thou haste sene and herde. And nowe: why taryest thou? Aryse, and be Baptysed, and wasshe awaye thy synnes * 1.223 in callynge on the name of the LORDE. And it fortuned, that when I was come agayne to Ierusalem and pray∣ed [unspec D] in the Temple, I was in a traunce, and sawe hym saying vnto me: Make hast and get the quyckely out of Ierusalem: for they wyl not receyue thy wytnes that thou berest of me.

And I sayde: Lorde, they knowe, that I prysoned and bet in euery synagoge thē that beleued on the.

* 1.224 And when the bloude of thy wytnesse Steuen was shed, I also stode by, and con∣sented vnto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slewe him. And he sayde vnto me depart, for * 1.225 I wyll sende the farre hence vnto the Gentyles.

They gaue hym audyence vnto thys worde, and then lyfte vp theyre voyces and sayde: away wyth suche a felowe from the earthe: for it is no reason that he shulde lyue. And as they cryed, and caste of theyr clothes, and thrue duste into the ayre, the captayne commaunded hym to be broughte into the Castle, and bad that he shulde be scourged, and to be examined, that he might knowe, wherefore they cryed so on hym. And whan they bounde hym with thonges, Paule sayde vnto the Centurion that stode by him: Is it lawefull for you to scourge a man that is a Romayne and vncondemned? When the Centurion heard that, he wente and told the vpper Captayne saying: What intendest thou to do? For this man is {fleur-de-lys} (a cy∣tezen) of Rome.

Then the vpper Captayne came, & sayd vnto him: tell me, art thou a Romayne? He sayd: Yee, And the captayne answered, with [unspec E] a great some optayned I this fredome: And Paul sayd: I was fre borne. Then strayght way departed from him they whiche shulde haue examined him. And the hye Captayne also was afrayed, after he knewe that he was a Romayne and because he had bound hym.

On y^• morowe (because he wolde haue kno¦wen the certayntie wherfore he was accused of the Iewes) he losed hym frome hys bon∣des, and commaunded the hye Preestes and

& al the coūsel to come togyther & * 1.226 brought Paul forth, and set him before them.

¶ Paule commeth before the councell. Debate aryseth a∣monge the people, the Capytayne delyuereth hym. God comforteth hym.

CAPI. XXIII.

PAul behelde the coūcel, & sayd: men & bre¦thren [unspec A] * 1.227 I haue liued in al good cōscience before god vntyl this day. And the hye prest Ananias cōmaunded them that stode by, to smyte him on the mouth.

Then sayd Paul vnto hī: God shal smyte the y^u paynted wal. * 1.228 Syttest y^u and iudgest me after the lawe: & cōmaūdest me to be smi¦ten contrary to the law? And they y^t stode by sayde * 1.229 reuylest y^u Goddes hye preste? Then sayd Paul: I wyst not brethren, that he was the hye prest. For it is wryten: thou shalt not* 1.230 curse the ruler of thy people.

Whē Paul perceyued y^t the one part were [unspec B] Saduces, & the other Pharises, he cried out in the coūcel: Men & brethren, * 1.231 I am a Pha¦risey, the sōne of a Pharisey. * 1.232 Of the hope & resurrecyon from death, I am iudged.

And when he had so sayde, there arose a debate bytwene the Pharises and the Sa∣duces, and the multitude was deuyded. * 1.233 For the Saduces say, that there is no re∣surreccion, neyther angel, nor spirit: But the Phariseys graunt both.

And there arose a great cry: & whā thé scri¦bes which were of the Pharisyes part arose they stroue sayig: we finde none euyl in this man. Though a spirit or an angel hath appe¦red to him, let vs not stryue agaynst God.

And when there arose a great debate, the [unspec C] captayne (fearynge, least Paul shulde haue bene pluckt asondre of them (commaunded the souldiers to go downe: and to take him from among them, and to brynge hym into the Castel.

* 1.234 The nyght folowynge, God stode by hym, and sayde: be of good cheare Paule: for as thou hast testified of me in Ierusalē ‡ so must thou beare wytnes also at Rome. And whan it was daye, certayne of the Ie∣wes gathered them selues togyther, & made a vowe, sayinge: that they wolde neyther eate nor dryncke, tyll they had kylled Paul. There were mo then fourtye men, whyche had made this conspiracion. And they came to the chefe Prestes and elders, and sayde: we haue boūde our selues with a vowe, that we wyl eate nothyng, vntyl we haue slayne Paule.

Nowe therfore gyue ye knowledge to the vpper Captayne and to the councel, that he [unspec D] bryng hym forth vnto vs to morowe, as though we wolde know some thynge more perfectly of hī. But we (or euer he come nere) are redy kyll him.

When Pauls systers sonne herde of their laying awayt, he went, and entred into the castle, and tolde Paul: And Paul called one of the vnder Captaynes vnto him, and said bryng this yonge man vnto the hye Capy∣tayne: for he hath a certayne thyng to shewe hym. And he toke him and brought hym to the hye captayne, and sayd: Paul the pryso∣ner called me vnto hym, and prayed me to bryng thys yong man vnto the, which hath a certayne matter to shewe the.

The hye Captaine toke him by the hand, [unspec E] and went with him out of the way: and as∣ked hym: what is it that thou hast to tel me: And he sayd: the Iewes are determyned to desyre the, that thou woldest brynge forth Paul to morow into the coūcell, as thoughe they wolde enquyre somwhat of him more perfectly. But folowe not thou their myn∣des: for there lye in wayte for hym of them. mo then fourty men, which haue bounde thē selues with a vowe, that they wyll neyther eate nor dryncke, tyll they haue kylled hym. And now are they redy, & loke that thou shul¦dest promes.

The vpper Captayne then let the yonge [unspec F] man departe, and charged hym sayinge, s•• thou tel it out to no man, that thou hast she∣wed these thinges to me. And he called vnto him two vnder Captaynes, saying: make re¦dy. ii. C. soudiers to go to Cesarea, & horsin•• threscore and ten, and speare men two hun∣dreth, at the thyrde houre of the nyght. And delyuer them beast{is}, that they may ser Paul on, and bring him safe vnto Felix the hye de∣bitie{fleur-de-lys} (For he dyd feare lest happly the Iewes shulde take hym awaye and kyll hym, and he hym self shuld be afterward blamed, as though he wolde take money) and he wrote a letter af¦ter this maner.

Claudious Lysias vnto the most mighty ruler Felix, sendeth gretynge. * 1.235 Thys man was taken of the Iewes, and shuld ha∣ue bene kylled of them. Then came I wyth soudiers, and reskued him, and perceaued that he was a Romayne. And when I wold haue knowen the cause, wherfore they accu∣sed him * 1.236 I brought hym forth into their Councell. There perceyued I that he was accused of questyons of theyr Lawe: * 1.237 But was not gylty of any thynge worthye of death or of bondes. And when it was she∣wed me, howe that the Iewes layde wayre

for him, I sent him strayght way to the and gaue cōmaundemente to hys accusets y^e the thīges whiche they haue agaynst hym they shulde tel before y^•: fare wel. Then the foudi¦ers (as it was cōmaūded thē) toke Paule, & brought hī by nyght to Antipa••ras. On the morow they left the horsmen to go wyth hī, & returned vnto the castle. Which whē they came to Cesarea, (& deliuered the Epystle to the debite) p̄sented Paul also before hī. Whē y^• debite had red the lettre, he asked of what coūtre he was. And whē he vnderstode y^t he was of Celicia * 1.238 I wyl here the (said he) whē thine accusers are come also: & he cōmaūded him to be kept in Herodes iudgement hall.

¶ Paul is accused before Felix, he answereth for him selfe.

CAPI. XXIIII.

After fyue dayes, Ananias * 1.239 y^• hye prest [unspec A] descended, w^t the elders & with a cer∣tayne Oratour named Tartullus, which en¦formed y^• debite agaynst Paule. And when Paul was called forth, Tartullus begāne to accuse hī, saying: Seing y^• we liue in gret quietnes by the meanes of the, and that ma¦ny good thinges are done vnto this nacion thorowe thy prouidence: y^• allowe we euer & in all plaes most noble Felix with all than∣kes. Notwithstandyng, that I be not tedi∣ous vnto the, I pray the, that thou woldest here vs of thy curtesy a few wordes.

For we haue founde this mā a pestilent fe¦low, [unspec B] & a mouer of debate vnto al the Iewes in y^• whole world, & a mayntayner {fleur-de-lys} (of sedy∣cyon) of the secte of Nazarites, whyche hath also enforsed to pollute the tēple. * 1.240 Whom we toke, & wolde haue iudged accordyng to our lawe: but the hye captaine Lysias came vpon vs, & with great violence toke him a∣way out of our hādes, cōmaundyng his ac∣cusers to come vnto the. Of whō y^• mayst (if thou wilt inquire) know the certayntie of al these thinges, wherof we accuse hī, The Ie∣wes lykewyse affirmed, sayinge, that these thinges were euen so.

Then Paul (after y^• the debite hī self had beckened vnto hym y^• he shulde speake) an∣swered: [unspec C] With a more quyet mynde do I an∣swere for my self, for asmuch as I understād y^• thou hast bene of many yeres a iudge vn∣to this people, because y^• thou mayst know, y^• there are yet, but. xij. daies sēce I went vp to Ierusalē for to worshyp, & * 1.241 they neyther foūde me in y^• temple disputyng w^t any mā, either raysyng vp y^• people, nether in y^• Si∣nagoges, nor in y^• cyte: Nether cā they proue the thinges wherof they accuse me.

But this I confesse vnto the, that after y^• [unspec D] way (whiche they cal heresy) so worshyp I y^• god of my fathers, beleuyng al thīges whi∣che are writtē in the law & the Prophetes, & haue hope towardes god, y^• * 1.242 the same resur¦reccion of the dead (whych they them selues loke for also (shall be, both of lust & vniust. And therfore ‡ 1.243 study I to haue alway a clere conscience towarde God, & towarde men.

But after many yeres, I came ‡ 1.244 & brought almes to my people & offriges {fleur-de-lys} (and vowes) in the which they founde me purified in the temple, nether w^t multitude, nor yet with vn¦quietnes {fleur-de-lys}(and they toke me, and cryed, say∣inge, away with our enemye, How be it there were certayne Iewes out of Asia, whiche ought to be here presēt before y^•, & accuse me, yf they had ought against me: or els let these [unspec E] same here say, yf they haue foūde any eyull doying in me, whyl I stāde here in y^• coūcel: except it be for this one voyce, y^• I cryed stā∣dyng among thē: * 1.245 of the resurreccion from death am I iudged of you this day.

Whē Felix herd these thiges, he deferde thē, for he knewe very well of y^• way, & sayd: when Lisias the captaine is come downe, I wyl know y^• vtmost of your matter. And * 1.246 he cōmaūded an vnder captayne to kepe Paul & to let hī haue rest, & that he shulde forbyd none of his acquaynctaūce to ministre vnto him, or to come vnto him.

And after a certayne dayes, when Felix [unspec F] came with his wyfe Drucilla (which was a Iewesse) he called forth Paul, and herd him of the fayth, which is toward Christe. And as he preached of ryghtuousnes, tēperaūce, and iudgement to come. Felix trembled, and answered: Go thy way for thys tyme: when I haue a conuenient season, I wyl sende for the. He hoped also, that money shulde haue bene gyuen him of Paul, that he myght lose him: wherfore, he called him the oft••••er and comened with him. But after two yere, Fe∣stus Porcious came into Felix roume. And Felix willyng to shew the Iewes a pleasure* 1.247 left Paul in prison bounde.

¶ The Iewes accuse Paule before Festus, he appealeth vnto the Emperour and is sent vnto Rome.

CAPI. XXV.

WHē Festus had receyued y^• office, after [unspec A] thre dayes, he ascended frō ••esare•• ••n to Ierusalē. Then enformed hī the hie prest{is} & the chefe of the Iewes, of Paul. And they be sought him & desyred fauour agaynst hī, y^• he wolde sende for hī to Ierusalem: & they laide awayt for hī in the way, to kyl him. Fe¦stus answered, y^• Paul shuld be kept at Ce∣sarea, but y^• he him self wolde shortly depart

thyther. Let them therfore (sayd he) which a∣mong you are able, come downe with vs, & accuse hym, yf ther be any faute in the man.

When he had taryed there among them [unspec B] more then ten dayes, he wente downe vnto Cesatea, & the nexte daye sate downe in the iudgement seate, & commaunded Paul to be brought forth. Which when he was come, y^• Iewes which were come from Ierusalem, stode aboute hym, & layde many & greuous cōplaintes against Paul, which they coulde not proue, as long as he answered for hym selfe * 1.248 that he had nether against the lawe of the Iewes, nether agaynst the tēple, nor yet agaynst Cesar offended any thynge at all.

Festus ‡ 1.249 wyllyng to do the Iewes a plea∣sure, [unspec C] answered Paul and sayde: wylte thou go vp to Ierusalem, and there be iudged of these thinges before me? Then sayde Paul: I stande at Cesars iudgement seate, where I ought to be iudged. To the Iewes haue I no harme done, as thou very wel knowest If I haue hurte them, or commytted any thynge worthy of deeth, I refuse not to dye. If none of these thynges are, where of they accuse me, no man may deliuer me to them. I appeale vnto Cesar. Then spake Festus with delyueracyon, and answered. Thou hast appealed vnto Cesar: vnto Cesar shalt thou go. And after a certayne dayes, kynge [unspec D] Agrippa & Bernice came vnto▪ Cesarea to salute festus. And when they had bene there a good ceasō, Festus rehersed Pauls cause vnto the king, saying ‡ 1.250 ther is a certaine mā lefte in preson of Felix, about whom when I came to Ierusalem ‡ 1.251 the ••ye Prestes and elders of the Iewes enfourmed me and de∣syred to haue iudgement agaynste him. To [unspec E] whom I answered: It is not the maner of y^• Romayns, for fauoure to delyuer any man, that he shuld perysshe, before that he which is accused, haue the accusats before hym, & haue lycence to answere for him self concer∣nynge the cryme layde agaynst him. Ther∣fore, when they were come hyther, with out any delay, on the morow I sate to geue iud∣gementee, and commaunded the man to be brought forth. Agaynst whom whē the accu¦sers stode vp * 1.252 they brought none accusaciō of suche thinges as I supposed: but had cer¦tayne questions against him of their owne supersticyon, and of one Iesus whiche was deed, whom Paul affirmed to be aliue. And because I douted of such maner of questiōs I asked him, whether he wolde go to Ieru∣salem, [unspec F] and there be iudged of these matters But whē Paul had appealed to be kept vn to the knowledge of Cesar, I cōmaūded him to be kept, tyll I myght send him to Cesar. Agrippa sayde vnto Festus: I wolde also heare the mā my selfe. To morowe (sayde he thou shalt heare hym. And on the morowe whē Agrippa was come and Bernyce, with greate pompe, and were entred into the coū¦cel house, with the captaynes and chefe men of the cyte, at Festus commaundement was Paul brought forth. And festus sayd: kyng [unspec G] Agrippa, and all ye men whiche are heare present with vs: ye se this man; aboute whō all the multytude of the Iewes haue intre∣ted me, both at Ierusalē & also here, crying, that he ought not to lyue any lenger. Yet founde I nothynge worthy of deeth, that he had commytted. Neuerthelesse, seynge that he hath appealed to Cesar, I haue determy¦ned to send him. Of whome I haue no cer∣tayne thyng to write vnto my Lord. Wher∣fore I haue brought him vnto you, and spe¦cyally vnto the: O kinge Agryppa, that af∣ter examynacyon had, I myght haue sum∣what to wryte. For me thīcketh it vnreaso∣nable, for to sende a presoner, & not to shewe the causes which are layde agaynst him.

¶ Kynge Agryppa heareth Paule whiche telleth hym hy•• callyng from the begynnynge.

CAPI. XXVI.

AGrippa sayd vnto Paul: thou art per¦mytted [unspec A] to speake for thy selfe. Then Paul stretched forth the hande, & answered for him selfe: I thinke my selfe happy kyng Agrippa because I shall answere this daye before the, of all the thynges wherof I am accused of the Iewes: namely, because thou art experte in all customes and questyons, whiche are among the Iewes. Wherfore I beseche the, to heare me pacyētly. My liuing [unspec B] that I haue led of a chylde (whiche was at the fyrst among myne owne nacion at Ieru¦salem) knowe all the Iewes, whiche knewe me from the begynnynge, yf they wolde te∣styfye. For * 1.253 after the most straytest secte of our relygion, I lyued a Pharisey. And now I stāde ‡ 1.254 & am iudged for the hope of the pro¦mes made of God vnto oure fathers: vnto which promes oure. xij. trybes (instantly seruyng God daye and night hope to come. For whiche hopes sake, Kynge Agrippa, I am accused of the Iewes. Why shulde it be [unspec C] thought a thyng incredyble vnto you, that god shuld rayse againe the deed? I also ve∣rely* 1.255 thought in my selfe, that I ought to do many contrary thynges, clene agaynste the name of Iesus of Nazareth: which thyng I also dyd in Ieresalem. And many of the

saynctes dyd I shut vp in preson, and had receaued auctoryte of the hye Prestes. And when they were put to deeth, I gaue the sen¦tence. And I punysshed them ofte in euery synagoge, & cōpelled them to blaspheme: & was yet more mad vpon them, & persecuted them, euen vnto straunge cites. About whi∣che thīges as I went to Damasco with au•• toryte & lycence of the hye Prestes, euen at mydday (O king) I sawe in the way a light from heauen aboue the bryghtnes of the sonne shyne rounde about me, & them whi∣che iorneyed with me. When we were al fal∣len [unspec D] to the erthe, I hearde a voyce speakyng vnto me, and saying in the Hebrue tonge: * 1.256 Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

It is harde for the to kicke agaynste the pryckes. And I sayde. Who art thou Lorde And he sayde: I am Iesus whom thou per∣secutest, but ryse and stand vpon thy fete.

For I haue apered vnto the for thys pur∣pose, to make the a mynyster and a wytnes both of those thinges which thou hast sene, and of those thynges in the whyche I wyll appere vnto the, delyuering the frō the peo∣ple, and from the gentils, vnto whom nowe I sende the, to open theyr eyes, that they maye turne from the darcknes to lyghte, & from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes, and inheritaunce amonge them which are sanc∣tifyed by fayth that is towarde me. Wher∣fore [unspec E] (O kynge Agryppa) I was not disobe∣dient vnto the heauenly vision: but shewed fyrst vnto them of Damasco, and at Ieru∣salem, and thorowe oute all the coastes of Iewry, & then to the gētyls, that they shulde repent, and turne to God, and do such wor∣kes as become them that repent. For thys cause the Iewes caught me in the temple, & went about to kyl me. Seyng therfore that I haue obtayned helpe of God: I contynue vnto this day, witnessyng both to smal and to greate, sayinge none other thynges, then those which the prophetes and Moses dyd saye shuld come: that Christe shulde suffer, and that he shuld be the first that shuld ryse frō deeth, & shuld shewe lyght vnto the peo∣ple, [unspec F] and to the gentyls. As he thus spake for hym selfe: Fest us sayde with a loude voyce: Paul, thou act besyde thy selfe. Much lear∣ning doth make the mad. And Paul sayde: I am not mad (most deare Festus) but spea¦ke the wordes of trueth and sobernes. For the kyng knoweth of these thynges, before whom I speake frely: neither thinke I that any of these thynges are hydden from hym. For this thyng was not done in a corner. Kynge Agrippa beleuest thou the Prophe∣tes? I wote wel that thou beleuest. Agrypa sayde vnto Paul: Sumwhat thou bringest me in mynde for to become Christen. And Paul sayde: I wolde to God that not onely thou: but also all that heare me to day, were not somwhat onely, but altogether, such as I am, except these bondes. And when he had thus spoken, the kynge rose vp, and the de∣bite, & Bernice, & they that sate with them. And when they were goue aparte, they tal∣ked betwene them selues, saying: This mā doeth nothyng worthy of deeth, nor of bon∣des. Then sayde Agrippa vnto Festus. Thys man myght haue bene let loose, yf he had not appealed vnto Cesar.

¶ Paul ••hppeth toward Rome, Iulyus the Captayne in∣trenteth hym curteously ••▪ at the last they suffer shyp wrake.

CAPI. XXVII.

WHan it was concluded, that we shuld [unspec A] sayle into Italy they delyuered bothe Paul and certayne other presoners, vnto one named Iulius, an vnder captayne of Cesars soudiars. And we entred into a ship of Adramicium, and loosed from lande, a∣pointed to sayle by the coastes of Asia▪ one * 1.257 Aristarcus out of Macedonia, of the coūtre of Thessalonia being with vs. And the next day we came to Sidon. And Iulius ‡ 1.258 cour¦teously entreated Paule, and gaue hym ly∣berte, to go vnto hys frendes, & to refresshe him selfe. And whan we had launched fron•• thence, we sayled harde by Cypers, because the wyndes were contracye. And whan we had sayled ouer the see of Cylycya, & Pam∣philia, we came to Myra which is i Lycya.

And there the vnder captayne founde a [unspec B] shippe of Alexādria ready, that sayled into Italy, and he put vs therin. And when we had sailed slowly many dayes & scace were come ouer agaynste Guydon (because the winde with stode vs) we sayled herde by the coastes of Cādy, ouer agaynst Salmo, and with muche worcke sayled beyonde it, & came vnto a place which is called the faire hauēs. Nye wherunto was the cytye of La∣sea▪ when muche tyme was spente, & whan sayling was nowe ieoperdous, because also that they had ouerlōge fasted, Paul put thē in remembrance, & sayde vnto them: Syrs [unspec C] I perceaue, that thys vyage wyll be wyth hurte & muche damage, not of the ladinge & ship onely, but also of oure lyues: Neuerthe lesse the vnder captayne beleued the gouer∣ner and the master of the shyppe more then thinges which were spoken of Paul.

And because the hauen was not cōmodious to wynter in, many toke counsell to departe thence, if by any meanes they might attaine to Phenices & there to wynter, whiche is an hauen of Candy, & lyeth towarde the south∣west and northwest wynde. When the south wynde blewe, they supposynge to obtayne their purpose, loosed vnto Asson, and sayled past all Candy. But not long after, there a∣rose agaynst their purpose, a flawe of wynd oute of the northeast. And when the shyppe was caught & could not resist the winde, we let her go, & draue with the wether. But we [unspec D] were caried in to an yle whyche is named Clauda, and had much worke to come by a bote, whiche they toke vp, & vsed helpe, and made fast the ship, fearyng, lest they shulde fal ☞ into the Sirtes. And so they let downe a vessell, and were caryed. The nexte daye (when we were tossed wyth an exceadynge tēpest) they lyghtened the shyp, & the thyrde day we cast out with oure owne handes the takiyng of the shippe. When at the last ney∣ther the sōne nor starres in many dayes ap∣pearch, & no small tempest laye vpon vs, all hope that we shuld escape, was then takē a∣way. But after long abstynence, Paul stode forth in the myddes of them, & sayde: Syrs, ye shuld haue barkened to me, and not haue loosed from Cādy, neyther to haue brought vnto vs this harme & losse. And nowe I ex∣horte you to be of good chere. For there shal be no losse of any mans lyfe amonge you, saue of the ship onely. For there stode by me this nyght the angell of God, whose I am, and whom I serue, saying: feare not Paul * 1.259 thou must be brought before Cesar. And lo, God hath geuen the all them that sayle with the. Wherfore syrs be of good chere: for [unspec E] I beleue God, that it shalbe euen as it was tolde me. How be it we must be cast into * 1.260 a certaine ylonde. But when the fourtenth nyght was come (as we were saylyng in A∣bria about miduyght) the shypmen demed, that there appeared some coūtre vnto them and sounded, & founde it. xx. feddoms. And when they had gone a litel further, they soū¦ded againe, & founde. xv. feddōs. Then fea∣rynge leste they shulde haue fallen on, some rocke, they cast. iiij. ancres out of the sterne & wysshed for the day. As the shipmen were about to sle out of the shyp (whan they had let downe the vote into the see, vnder a con∣lour, as though they wold haue cast an••ars out of the forship) Paul sayde vnto the vn∣der captayne & to the soudiers: excepte these [unspec F] abyde in the shyp ye cānot be sate. Then the soudiers cut of the rope of the bote, & let it fal awaye. And whan the daye began to appeare, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: this is the fourtenth day, that ye haue taryed & contynued fastyng, recea∣uing nothīge at al. Wherfore, I pray you to take meat: for th{is} no dout is for your health: for * 1.261 there shal not an heet fal from the heed of any of you. And when he had thus spokē, he toke breed & ‡ 1.262 gaue thākes to God in pre∣sence of them al: & when he had broken it, he begāne to eate. Then were they all of good cheare, & they also toke meat. We were al to¦gether in the shyp, two hundred thre score & sixtene soules. And when they had eaten y∣nough, they lightened the ship, & cast oute y^• wheate into the see. When it was daye, they [unspec G] knew not the lande, but they speed a certaine hauen wyth a bancke, into the whyche they were mynded (yf it were possible) to thrust in the shyp. And when they had taken vp the ancres, they cōmytted them selues vnto the see, & loused the rudder bondes & hoysed vp the mayne sayle to the wynde, & drue to lāde. And whan they chaunced on a place, which had the see on bothe the sydes, they thrust in the ship. And the foreparte stucke fast & mo∣ued not, but the hinder parte brake with the violence of the waues. The Soudyars con̄∣cel was to kyl the presoners, lest any of thē, when he had swome out. shuld runne away. But the vnder captayne wyllynge to saue Paule, kepte them from theyr purpose, and commaunded that they which could swym, shulde caste them selues fyrste into the see, & scape to lande. And the other commaun¦ded to go, some on bordes, and some on bro∣ken peces of the ship. And so it came to passe, that they escaped all safe to lande.

¶ The vyper hurteth not Pauls hanne, he healeth Pu∣••lyu•• father, and preacheth Chryst at Rome.

CAPI. XXVIII.

ANd when they were scaped, then they [unspec A] knewe, that: * 1.263 the yle was called Mi∣lete. And the people of the countre shewed vs no lytel kyndnes: for they kindled a fyre, & receaued vs euery one, because of the pre∣sent rayne, & because of the colde. And when Paul had gathered a bondell of styckes, & layde thē on the fyre, there came a vyper out of the heat, and lept on hys hāde. When the men of the countre sawe the beast hange on hys hande, they sayde amonge them selues: this man must nedes be a mortherer. Whom (though he haue escaped the see) yet ven∣gaūce [unspec B] suffreth not to lyue. And he ••••o••ke of the vyper into the fyre, and * 1.264 felt no harme.

Howbeit they wayted when he shulde haue swol••e, or fallen downe deed sodenly. But after they had loked a greate whyle, & sawe no harme come to hym, they chaunged theyr myndes, and sayde * 1.265 that he was a God▪

In the same quarters were londes of the [unspec C] these man of the yle (whose name was Pu∣blius) whiche receaued vs, & lodged vs thre dayes curteously. And it fortuned that the father of Publius laye sycke of a feuer, and of a bloudy flyxe. To whom Paul entred in and praide, and laide his hādes on him and healeth him. So when thys was done, other also which had diseases in the yle, came and were healed: whiche also dyd vs greate ho∣nour. And when we departed, they laded vs with such thynges as were necessary.

After thre monethes we departed in a ship of Alexandry, which had wyntred in the yle, whose badge was ☞ Castor & Pollux. And when we came to Cyracusa, we taryed there thre dayes. And from thēce we fet a cōpasse, and came to Regium. And after one day the south wynde blewe, and we came the nexte day to Putiolus: where we founde brethren, and were desyred to tary wyth them seuen dayes, and so came we to Rome. And from [unspec D] thence, when the brethren hearde of vs, they came to mete vs at Apiphorum, and at the thre tauernes. When Paule sawe them, he thancked God and wexed bolde. And when we came to Rome, the vnder Captayne de∣lyuered the presoners to the chefe captayne of the host: but Paule was suffred to dwell by hym selfe with a soudyer that kept hym.

And after thre dayes, Paul called the chefe of the Iewes together. And when they were come, he sayde vnto them: Men and bre∣thren, though, * 1.266 I haue committed nothing agaynst the people or lawes of the Elders * 1.267 yet was I delyuered presoner from Ieru¦salem into the hādes of the Romains. Which when they had examyned me, wold haue let me go, because ther was no cause of death in me. But when the Iewes spake contrary, I [unspec E] was constrayned to appeale vnto cesar: not because I had ought to accuse my people of For thys cause haue I called for you, euen to se you, and to speake with you, * 1.268 because that for the hope of Israel I am bounde w^t this cheyne. And they sayd vnto him: we ney¦ther receaued letters of Iewry pertaynyng vnto the, neyther came any of the brethren that shewed or spake any harme of the. But we wyll heare of the what thou thynckest.

For as concernynge this secte, we knowe that * 1.269 euery where it is spoken agaynst.

And when they had appoynted hym a daye, there came many to hym into hys lodgyng. To whom he exposided & testified the king∣dom [unspec F] of god & preached vnto them of Iesus: both out of the lawe of Moses & oute of the Prophetes, euen from mornynge to nyght. And * 1.270 some beleued the thynges which were spoken, and some beleued not.

And when they agreed not amonge them selues, they departed, after that Paule had spoken one worde: well spake the holy goost by Esay the Prophet vnto our fathers, say∣inge: * 1.271 Go vnto thys people, and saye: wyth youre eares shall ye heare, and shal not vn∣derstande: and wyth youre eyes shall ye se, & not perceaue.

For the hert of this people is wexed grose and with theyr eares haue they had no luste to heare, and theyr eyes haue they closed: lest they shuld se with their eyes, & heare w^t their eares, and vnderstande with their her∣tes, and shuld be cōuerted, & I shulde heale them. Be it knowen therfore vnto you, that thys saluacyon of God is sente to the gentyls, and they shall heare it. And when [unspec G] he had sayde these wordes, the Iewes de∣parted from him and had great despycyons among them selues.

And Paule dwelt two yeares full in hys lodginge, and receaued all that came in vn∣to him, preachyng the kigdome of God & teachynge those thynges whiche concerne the Lorde Iesus with all confydence, no man forbyd∣ding him.

¶ Here endeth the Actes of the Apostles.

Notes

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  Iohn̄. xx. a ••••d. xxi. c.
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  Lu. xxiiii g.
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  Iohn̄. iiii. d xv. d. xvi. v.
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  Iohn̄. i. e. Actes i. a Math. iii. b Luke. iii. c.
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  Math. 24. c
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  Lu. xxiiii. g. Actes. i••. a
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  Actes. ii. •• Iohn̄. xv. d
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  Mat. xvi. d Lu. xxi. ii. d
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  Dani. vii. d Math. 24. •• and. xxv. t Mat. xiii. e Luke. xvii e and▪ xxi e Reuela. i. b.
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  Math. x. a Math. iii. c Luke. vi. c
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  Math. 2•••• Mar. xiiii•• Luke. xxii••
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  Math. ••. •• Marke. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Luke. iii. ••
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  Math. 27•• ii. Reg. 17. ••
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  Psal. ••xix••
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  Psal. ••i••. ••
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  ••. Par. i••. •• Psal. vii. ••.
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  Deut. xvi. •• Luke. xxiii ••
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  Actes. iiii. •• and. xi. ••
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  Math. 24 b
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  Iohell. ii. g.
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  Math. 27. e 〈◊〉〈◊〉. xxiii. f
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  Roma. x. t
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  Psal. x••i. c.
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  3. Regū. ii••
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  Actes. i. a.
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  Psal. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. •• Mat. xxi••. ••
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  Luke. iii. b.
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  Math. ix. ••
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  3. Reg. vi. •• Iohn̄. x. •• Actes. v. c
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  Math. ••7 a Mat. x••. ••. Luk. xxiii. ••
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  Math. 27. c Iohn̄. 18. ••.
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  Math. 〈◊〉〈◊〉
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  Deut. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Artes. vii••
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  Reue. xii. ••. and. xiii. ••.
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  Erobi. ii. c Math. xxi. c Artes. vii. d
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  Math. i. c Philip. ii. b
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  Math. xxi b Mat. xii a. Luke. xx. c
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  Math. ••. c Philip. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. b
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  Iohn̄. xi. ••
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  Actes. v. g
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  Actes. iii. b
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  Psalm. ii ••
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  Actes. xvi ••
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  Actes. ii. and. xix. b
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  Actes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •• and. ••. b
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  Actes. ••. ••
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  Mar. xvi. d
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  3. Reg. vi. a Iohn̄. x. •• ••••••es. iii. ••.
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  Actes. iiii. a
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  A••••e••. xii. a. ••••d. xvi▪ f
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  Actes. iiii ••
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  Math. 27 ••
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  Actes. iiii ••
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  Actes. xxii. ••
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  Luke. xiii. ••
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  Acte••. iiii. d
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  Math. v. d.
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  1. Timo. 3. c
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  ••e••ela. ii. ••
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  Rome. 27 d 1. Timo. 4 d ••. Timo. i d
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  Luke. xxi. c.
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  Math. ••. ••
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  Gene. xii. ••.
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  Gene. xii. d. x••ii c xvii. d and. xxvi. a
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  Gene. xv. c▪
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  Exodi. xii. •• Iudith. v d Gala. iii. c
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  Gene. xvii ••
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  Gene. x••i. a
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  Gen. xxvi. c
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  Gene. ••xi••.
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  Gene. 37. f. Sapien. x. c
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  Gene. xi. a
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  Gene. xi. ••
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  Gene. x••v. ••
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  Gen. xiv••. a Gene. xiix. d
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  Gen. xx••ii. ••
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  Exodi ii. a. Psal. ••v. t
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  Erodi. ii. a. Hebrue. xi e
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  Gene. xix. b Exodi ii. t Math. xii. c Actes iiii. ••
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  Exodi. ii c
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  Exodi. iii. a
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  Exodi. iii. b Mat. xxii. •• Mark. xii. c Luke xx. ••
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  Iosua v. ••.
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  Exodi. ii. c.
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  Exodi. xix. Gala. iii. t
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  De••••. xviii •• Actes. iii. ••
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  Exodi. 32. ••
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  Rome. l. t
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  Amoe. v d Iere. vii. ••
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  Exodi. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. •• Hebr. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
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  Iosua. iii. ••
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  Psal. 29. ••
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  3. Reg. vi. ••
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  Actes. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. t.
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  Esa. ••••vi. •• 3. Reg••. 8. c li. Pat. viii
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  Deuit. ix. d
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  Iohn̄. vii. b
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  Actes. xv. b
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  Psal. 58. a.
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  3. Reg. xxi. d
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  Psal. 31. ••
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  Luke xxiii ••
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  ••i••te. xxii. d
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  Math. x. •• ••••••t••. xi. g.
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  ••••t••. ix. a and. xxii. a. ••••ori xv. b Galat. ••. ••
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  Mat. xvi. d
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  Actes. vi ••. and xiii a. ••. Aimo. •• d and. v. b Nume. 27 b ii Timo. i ••
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  Math. x. ••.
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  Erodl. ••. d. Rama 8. b. 3. ••e. iiii. •• Luke. xxi. ••.
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  3. Reg. vii. •• Iohn̄. xii. ••.
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  Esai. liii. c.
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  Actes. x. g
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  Acte. viii. a. xxii a xxvi b ••. Corī. xv. b Gala. i. c
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  Actes. xxii v
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  Luke. iii. •• Actes. ii. f and. xxvi. f.
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  Actes. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •• and. xxii. ••
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  Actes. 8. •• xxii a xxvi, •• Corī. xv b Galat. ••. ••
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  Actes. ••xi •• ii. Corī. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••
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  Actes, xxi••:
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  ••••. Corī xii a i. Regū xii c
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  Actes. xxi. ••.
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  Math. ix a Math. li. b. Luke. v. c Iohn̄. v. •• Actes. iii. b.
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  ••. Re. xvi. d •• Reg iiii f Luke. vii. ••
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  Eccles. 35. ••
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  Math. vi. •• 4 Reg. iiii ••
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  Leuiti. xi. •• Deu. xiiii. ••
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  Math. xv •• Rom. xiiii c
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  Gene. xix. a.
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  Actes. xi. b.
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  Actes. x••••ii. c Reue. xix. ••. and. xxii. c
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  Deut. vii. a
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  ii. Par. ••ix c Roma. ii. b Ephe. vi. b. Lollos. iii. d Eccle. 35. b.
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  Esa ••vi. b
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  Mat. ••••ii. ••.
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  Esai. lxi. a. Luke. iiii. c.
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  Luk. xxlii. •• Iohn̄. xx••. ••
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  Mat. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. •• Mar. xv•• ••.
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  Esai. iiii. ••.
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  Actes. v••••••. ••
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  Actes. vli•• ••
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  Deut. vii. ••
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  Actes. x. d
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  Leuiti. xi. •• Deut. xii••••. ••
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  Actes. x. d
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  Actes. ii. a
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  Iohn̄. i. d ••••ues. ••. a
• * 1.147

  Actes. viii a
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  Actes. xiii. ••
• * 1.149

  Actes. xxi. b
• * 1.150

  i. Cori. xvi a ii. Corī. 8. a. and ix. a
• * 1.151

  Mat. iiii. d. and. xvii. a.
• * 1.152

  Actes. v. ••
• * 1.153

  Actes. v. d and. xvi. f▪
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  Actes. i. d
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  Actes. 18. c.
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  Gene. xix. a. Lukc. ••ii. ••. c and xxiiii. c
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  〈…〉〈…〉.
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  Math. v. a.
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  Mat. xvi. d
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  Actes. xix ••.
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  ••. Cori xi. f.
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  Actes. v•• and. xii. ••
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  Luke. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Actes. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••
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  Ihon. vi.
• * 1.165

  Luke. xvi
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  Met. viii. ••
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  Luk •• 14. ••.
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  Act. lx vii••. ••
• * 1.169

  Ihon. xix. c
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  Ihon. v. g
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  〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ 〈◊〉〈◊〉. d▪
• * 1.172

  Gene. 1. a. Actes. 14. c Psal. 46 a
• ‡ 1.173

  Apoca. 14. b Actes. vii. •• Esa. lxvi. a 3. Reg. 8 c
• * 1.174

  Da••. vi. c Gene. il. b
• * 1.175

  Ro••••. ••. ••.
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  Luke. 24. ••
• * 1.177

  Roma. 16. •• 2. ••im. 4. d
• * 1.178

  Actes. xvii. d
• * 1.179

  Math. ••. b Mar. vi. b Actes. 1••. ••
• * 1.180

  Iohn. 4. ••.
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  Actes. xvi b
• * 1.182

  Num. vi. b
• * 1.183

  Hebre. vi a Ia••o. ••••i. ••
• * 1.184

  i. Corin. ••. •• ••ii. ••. xvi. ••.
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  〈…〉〈…〉 and. 〈…〉〈…〉
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  〈…〉〈…〉
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  Mar. 16. d. Actes. ••. ••.
• * 1.190

  Mat. 17. ••
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  Math. 7. ••
• * 1.192

  Marke. ••. ••
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  Actes. xvi. d
• * 1.194

  Psal. ••xv. ••
• * 1.195

  Actes. 21. ••.
• * 1.196

  Actes. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. f ••. Tim. 4. ••
• * 1.197

  3. Reg. 7 d 4. Reg. 4. f Luke. 7. c Actes. ix g
• * 1.198

  Luke. 24. ••
• * 1.199

  Actes. 21. ••
• ‡ 1.200

  ii. Tim. ii. b
• ‡ 1.201

  i. Tim. 4. •• 2. Tim. 3. •• ii. Petr. 2•• and. 3. •• Iudit. ••, ••
• * 1.202

  Eccl. xlvi. t i. Reg. 12. ••
• * 1.203

  2. Co••i. xi. a and. xii. d Gene. iii. e 1 Corin. ••. b 2. Tessa. 3. b
• * 1.204

  Actes. xxi. ••
• * 1.205

  Actes. xx. ••
• * 1.206

  Actes. 20. ••
• * 1.207

  Actes. vi. d. and, viii. a
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  ••oil. ii. g.
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  Actes. ix. e. 2. Lo••. ii. ••. ••
• * 1.210

  Math. vi. b
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  Actes. ix. e.
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  ••um. vi. a
• * 1.213

  Actes. xv. ••
• * 1.214

  Actes. ••4. d.
• * 1.215

  Actes. 20. ••. ••. Tim. 4. d
• * 1.216

  Actes. ix b and. xxii. a
• * 1.217

  Actes. xix. b
• * 1.218

  Actes. ix. b and. xxi. g.
• * 1.219

  Actes. 5. ••.
• * 1.220

  Actes. 8. a. and 1••. a. and. 26. b i. Cori. 15. b Gōla. ii. b.
• * 1.221

  Actes ix. ••
• ‡ 1.222

  〈…〉〈…〉, ix. c
• * 1.223

  Rome. x••
• * 1.224

  Act••. viii ••
• * 1.225

  Actes. xiii•• Gala. i. ••.
• * 1.226

  Actes. xxii.
• * 1.227

  Actes. 24. b
• * 1.228

  Deut. 18. d
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  Iohn. 17 d
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  ••xo. xxii. d
• * 1.231

  ••hil. iii. a,
• * 1.232

  ••de. xxiii. •• ••d, 26. b
• * 1.233

  ••al. xxii. •• Mar. xii. b. Luke. xx. c.
• * 1.234

  〈…〉〈…〉. xvl. b ••nd. xviii. c Actes. 27. d
• * 1.235

  Actes. xx. f.
• * 1.236

  Actes. 22. g.
• * 1.237

  Actes. xx••
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  Deut. 17. ••
• * 1.239

  Actes. xxv. b
• * 1.240

  Actes. xxi. ••
• * 1.241

  Actes. xxv. b and, 28. d
• * 1.242

  Math. 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪
• ‡ 1.243

  Acte. ••••••••
• ‡ 1.244

  Roman Actes. x••••.
• * 1.245

  Actes. 23, 4.
• * 1.246

  Iere. 3••. ••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 2••. ••
• * 1.247

  Act. xxv. d.
• * 1.248

  Act. xxiiii. •• and▪ ••8, b
• ‡ 1.249

  Acte. xxiii. ••
• ‡ 1.250

  Actes. 24, f
• ‡ 1.251

  Actes. 24, ••
• * 1.252

  Actes. 23. ••.
• * 1.253

  Phili. iii. ••
• ‡ 1.254

  Actes. 23, •• xxiiii. ••. and xxviii. ••
• * 1.255

  Actes. 8. ••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••. xxii. a. ••. Cor••. xv. •• Gala. i••. c.
• * 1.256

  Artes. 9. •• and xx•••• b.
• * 1.257

  Collo. 4. 2.
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  I••••e. 30 〈◊〉〈◊〉 A•••••••• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••
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  〈…〉〈…〉 25. ••.
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  〈…〉〈…〉. 2••. ••.
• * 1.261

  Math. ••. Luke. 12. ••▪
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  Math. v••. •• and. viii. a. •• Tu••. 4. ••
• * 1.263

  Act. xxvii. ••
• * 1.264

  M••••. ••vi. •• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. x. ••.
• * 1.265

  Actes. xiii. b
• * 1.266

  Acts. ••3. ••. and. xxv. b.
• * 1.267

  Acte. xxiii. c
• * 1.268

  Acte. xxiii. b xxiiii. e. and. xx vi. b
• * 1.269

  Luke. ••••
• * 1.270

  Acte. 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.271

  Es••y. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Mat. 〈…〉〈…〉 Mat. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Luk. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Iohn. 〈…〉〈…〉