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❧The .v. Chapter.

* 1.12 He exhorteth them vnto loue, 3 warneth them to beware of vncleannesse, couetous∣nesse, foolyshe talkyng, and false doctrine, 17 to be circumspect, 18 to auoyde dronken∣nesse, 19 to reioyce, and to be thankefull towarde God, 21 to submit them selues one to another. 22 He entreateth of corporall mariage, & of the spirituall betwixt Christe and his Churche.

[unspec A] 1 BE ye * 1.2therefore folow∣ers of God, as deare chyldren:

2 And walke ye in loue, euen as * 1.3 Christe hath loued vs, and hath ge∣uen hym selfe for vs an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smel∣lyng sauour to God.

3 But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth saintes:

4 Neither fylthynesse, neither foolyshe talkyng, neither iestyng, which are not comely: but rather, geuyng of thankes.

5 For this ye knowe, that no * 1.4whore∣monger, neither vncleane person, nor couetous person, which is a worshipper of images, hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe, and of God.

[unspec B] 6 * 1.5Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes: For, because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience.

7 Be not ye therefore companions of them.

8 For ye were sometimes darknesse: but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde. * 1.6 Walke as chyldren of lyght.

9 For the fruite of the spirite (is) in all goodnesse, and righteousnesse, & trueth,

10 Approuyng what is acceptable vnto the Lorde.

11 And haue no felowship with the vn∣fruitefull workes of darknesse, but ra∣ther euen rebuke them.

12 For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of them in se∣crete.

13 But all thynges, when they are rebu∣ked [unspec C] of the lyght, are manifest: For all that which do make manifest, is lyght.

14 Wherefore he sayth: (a) 1.7 Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the dead, and Christe shall geue thee lyght.

15 ☞Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye: not as vnwyse, but as wyse,

16 Redeemyng the time, because y^e dayes are euyll.

17 Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnder∣standyng what the wyll of the Lord is.

18 And be not drunke with wine, wherin is excesse: but be fylled with the spirite,

19 Speaking vnto your selues in * 1.8 psalmes and hymnes, and spirituall songues, syngyng and makyng melodie to the Lorde in your heartes:

20 Geuing thankes alwayes for all thin∣ges [unspec D] vnto God and the father, in y^e name of our Lorde Iesus Christe,

21 Submittyng your selues one to ano∣ther in the feare of God.☜

22 Wyues, submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes, as vnto the Lorde:

23 For * 1.9 the husbande is the head of the wyfe, euen as Christe is * 1.10the head of the Church: & he is the sauiour of the bodie.

24 But as the Church is subiect to Christ, lykewyse the wyues to their owne hus∣bandes in all thynges.

25 Ye husbandes loue your wyues, euen as Christe also loued the Churche, and gaue hym selfe for it,

26 To sanctifie it, clensyng [it] in the (b) 1.11 fountayne of water in the worde,

27 To make it vnto hym selfe a glorious Churche, not hauyng spot or wrinckle, or any such thyng: but that it should be holy, and without blame.

28 So ought men to loue their wyues, as their owne bodies. He that loueth his wyfe, loueth hym selfe.

29 For no man euer yet hated his owne flesshe: but norissheth & cherissheth it, euen as the Lorde the Churche.

30 For we are members of his body, of his flesshe, and of his bones.

31 * 1.12For this cause shall a man leaue fa∣ther and mother, and shalbe ioyned vn∣to his wyfe, and two shalbe made one flesshe.

32 This is a great secrete: but I speake of Christe and of the Churche.

33 Therfore euery one of you [do ye so] Let euery one of you loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe, and [let] the wyfe reuerence her husbande.

Notes

• * 1.1

  ☞
• * 1.2

  i. Pet. ii. d. Iohn. xiii. b. Galath. ii. d.
• * 1.3

  Exo. xxiii. b
• * 1.4

  Galath. v. d. i. Cor. vi. b.
• * 1.5

  Math. 24. a. Colos••. ii. b. Mark. xiii. a Luk. xxi. b.
• * 1.6

  Iohn. xii. e. ••. Thes••. v. a.
• (a) 1.7

  God thu•• speaketh by his seruaūts, to drawe the infidels from their blynde∣nesse.
• * 1.8

  Psalm. ••3 •• Coloss. •••• c.
• * 1.9

  Genes ••i. d. i Cor. xi. a. Ephe. i d.
• * 1.10

  Genes ••i. d. i Cor. xi. a. Ephe. i d.
• (b) 1.11

  Baptism is a tokē that God hath con¦secrated the Churche to hym selfe, and made it how by his word: that is, his promise o•• free iustificatiō in Christe.
• * 1.12

  Genes. ii. d. Math. xix a Mark. x. a. i. Cor. vi. d. Ephes. v. g.