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¶The .viii. Chapiter.

[ The texte.] ¶And whan he was cum downe from the mountayne, muche people folowed hym. And be∣holde, there came a lepre, and worshypped hym, saying: Lorde yf thou wilte, thou mayeste make me cleane. And Iesus put furth his hande, and touched him, saynge: I wyl, be y^e cleane. And furthwith his leprosye, was clensed. And Iesus sayethe vnto him: See thou tell no man but goe and shewe thy selfe to the priest, and offer the gifte, that Moyses commaunded to be offered for a wyttnes vnto them.

THerefore whan Iesus had spoken these weyghtye and highe thynges in the mounte, not to euerye man, but chieflye to hys disciples, and to suche as were able to folowe them with cherefulnes of the spirite: he dothe abase hymselfe agayne to the humylytie and lownes of the common sorte, whiche had many vnweldy, weake, lame, and sycke, whom he thought to allure to the desire of heauenly thynges, throughe corporall benefytes. And in healyng of them he dyd the same by significacion, whiche he did by his doc∣trine in healyng the diseases of the mynde.

Eyther of these thynges gaue credite and autoritie to other. We beleue hym the more willingly whom we loue, and loue is wunne by benefites. And his sayinge weyeth well with vs, whom we see and perceyue to be so mightye in dedes. Therefore when Iesus left the hill and came into the playne, diuerse companies of men drew vnto him on euery side, to thintent that many might beare witnes of the miracles that he shoulde do.

Wherfore a greate numbre being gathered together, beholde, there cummeth furth a certayne man geuyng occasion of a miracle, and teachyng them withal, as by a figure, from whence and by what faythe, they that wer diseased wyth the leprye of the soule, should seke remedy. For there came forth a certayne man hauyng his body infected with the lepry. This disease emong the Iewes was counted muche abhominable, and is thought to be suche, that no phisi∣cion can heale it. The iudgement of this disease, as of a sacrate thyng, was appoyncted vnto the priestes, whiche searched out by meruaylouse and diuers obseruacions, whether the bodye of anye man wer infected wyth the veraye leprye or not. It was not leful for them that wer iudged to haue this disease, to cum in the companye of men, neyther was it lefull to touche the body which was defyled with this disease. This man therfore iudged of the pristes, and beyng fowle with the very lepry, durst yet cum to Iesus, which is the purifier and clenser of all. The desyre of health toke awaye shame fastnes, the approued goodnes of Iesus towardes all men made him bolde. So many examples of other, which returned home beyng made whole, made him to trust well: Ther∣fore when he fel downe before Iesus and worshypped hym, he sayed: Lorde yf thou wilte thou mayste clense me. What woulde a proude pharise or one of Moyses priestes haue done in this case? he woulde haue abhorred the vn∣cleane and fylthy man, and woulde haue disdayned to haue talked wyth hym. But Iesus playing the parte of a good shepeherde, hauing delight in the mans fayth, whiche was ioyned with so greate modesty and coldenes, whiche also durst nor desire to be clensed, vnlesse it myght stand with the pleasure of him, who knowethe what is meete for euerye man, (but yet he doubted not but that he was able yf he woulde) Iesus (I saye) refused not the vncleane manne, but reched out his hande and touched hym. And here he dyd neglecte the lawe, as touching the letter. And spake suche wordes wherby he declared bothe the goodnes of his will, and the greatnes of his power. Because ({quod} he) thou doest beleue that I can yf I wyll, I will: Be thou whole. And as soone as he had spoken, the skynne was chaunged, and the disease left hym, the people beeyng witnes of the same.

After this, to thintente the myracle myghte the better be beleued, and

also the priestes haue no occasion of reprofe to reproue or misconstrue that he should take vpon him auctoritie to iudge of the leprye, and to plucke vnto him the lucre and gaine which was wunt to cum vnto them of suche as were clen∣sed of leprye, he sayeth vnto hym: See thou tel no manne that thou arte purged of the lepry. For it is not thy parte to iudge of thy selfe, and I take not vpon me the office of the priestes.

Therfore firste of all go vnto the priest and shewe thy selfe vnto him, and if he declare the to be cleane, whiche heretofore hath declared the to be leprose, then shalt thou offer the gifte whiche Moyses commaunded to be offered of them, who chaunced to be clensed of the leprye: leste afterward they lay vnto thy charge▪ and blame the which camest among the multitude: and me also which coulde not geue perfect health. For the gift whiche they receiue of thee as pure and cleane, shall reproue theim yf hereafter for hatred of me, they begyn falsely to blame that that is done. For yf thou were not leprouse before, why dyd they remoue the from the congregacion? If thou be not nowe cleane, why haue thei receiued of thee thy gyft, as of hym that was pourged & clensed? Iesus would that the people should testify how muche profyte the Leaper had by his faith, and howe lyghtly with a woorde he toke awaye all his disease, to thintente they myght geue eare vnto his doctrine with the same faythe, whereby they myght be healed of the diseases of the minde.

[ The texte.] ¶And whan Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came vnto hym a Captaynt and besought hym, saying: Lorde my seruaunte lyeth at home sicke of the Palseye, and is sore vexed. And Iesus sayethe vnto hym: whan I come I wyll heale hym. And the cap∣tayn aunswered, and saied: lord I am not worthy that thou shouldest cum into my house, but onely speake the worde, and my seruaunt shalbe healed. For I also my selfe, am a man vn∣der the aucthoritie of another, and haue soldiers vnder me, and I say vnto this man, go, and he goeth, and to another cum, and he commeth, and to my seruaunte do this, and he doth it. Whan Iesus hearde these wordes, be meruayled, and sayed to them that followed hym; Uerely I say vnto you, I haue not found so great fayth in Israell. And I saye vnto you that many shal come from the Easte and weste, and shal sit with Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob in the kyngdome of heauen. But the chyldren of the kyngdome shalbe caste out into the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 darkenes: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teethe. And Iesus sayed vnto the Cap∣tayne: go thy waye, and as thou beleuest so be it vnto the. And his seruaunte was healed in the same houre.

Therfore after that he had taught the Iewes by thys facte and dede, that the waye vnto ealth was easie by the sincerenes of fayth: So forth∣with he teacheth in the captayne of an hundred menne, that the waye vnto health, was not stopped from the Gentiles, so that they haue fayth mete and worthy for the ghospell. For whan he was entred into Capernaum, whiche is a towne not farre from the poole of Genesareth in the borders of zabulou and Neptalim, there came vnto hym a certayne captayne, the whiche kynde of men, the Iewes abhorred for two causes. First because they be vncircum∣cysed for the moste parte, and alienes from Moyses lawe: secondlye because that kynd of lyfe is defamed commonly. But the good Iesus whiche came to heale all men, turneth not hym awaye neyther. The captayne maketh a requeste vnto hym, saying: Lorde I haue a seruaunt at home, whom I loue intierly, for that he is faythfull and profitable in seruice: He nowe wholy vnprofitable, lyeth vpon his bedde, diseased with the palseye: and he is not

onelye vnprofitable vnto me, but also he is sore vexed with the rage of his dis∣ease, being now at deathes dore. And this kynde of disease, lyke as it is daun∣gerouse and greuous: so is it not lyghtlye cured by the arte of Phisicians.

Iesus delightyng in the fayth of the man (whiche doubted not but that with a worde he was hable to heale his seruaunte beyng absent) to thintente he might declare vnto all menne, the fayth and truste of the man ioyned wyth greate humilitie of harte, aunswered: I wyll come, and I wyll heale hym.

Whereunto (quod the Capitayne) Lorde? I am no Iewe, I am a cap∣tayne to be abhorred of the Iewes, for twoe causes, and therefor•• muche vnworthye, that thou shouldeste enter into my house and be defyled wyth my companye. There is no nede of thy bodelye presence: Onelye saye the worde, and (suche is thy power and myght) furthwith my seruaunte shall be healed. Thou haste aungels and messengers to whome thou mayeste commit suche busines. I knowe by my selfe, I haue a ruler to whome I am subiecte, I am obediente to his commaundementes, neyther is it nedefull for him to do all thynges. It is sufficiente for hym to committe his matters wyth authoritie. Agayne I haue souldiers vnder my rule, by whome I dooe those thynges whyche be not meete for me. Onelye I geue my commaundemente, and they obey thesame: I commaund one to goe some whither, and he goeth. I commaund another to cum, and he cummeth. Agayne vnto myne owne priuate seruaunte I saye, do this or do that, and he spedely doeth what he is commaunded. If my seruauntes obeye me beeyng a sinner and an ab••ecte: howe muche more oughte youres to be obediente vnto youre commaunde∣mentes? Iesus hearynge these thynges merueyled, not for that he was ig∣norante of the mannes faythe, but because he woulde cause all men to mer∣uayle at it, and turnynge vnto the Iewes whiche folowed hym, and as it were castyng theym in the teeth with their vnbelefe, sayed: This I assure you, hitherto haue I not founde so greate faythe in my people of Israell, as I haue founde in this straunger: whiche neyther knowethe the Prophetes, neyther hath receyued my doctryne, nor hath ••een my miracles.

Ye stande in your owne conceyte, because ye be the children of the patriar∣ches, whome god loueth▪ because ye are the peculiare people of god to whome this healthe and saluacion is promysed. But this I assure you: the tyme shalbe, that many shall come on euery syde from the vttermoste partes of the worlde, whom ye do lothe and abhorre as straungers and alyens, whiche shall enter in by fayth, and sytte in the kyngdome of heauen wyth Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob: and your fathers shall acknowledge them for theyr euangelicall faythe, as theyr lefull chyldren, and shall take them to theyr table to be partakers of the euerlastynge felicitie. Contrarye wyse the chyl∣dren of the kyngdome, whiche touchynge the fleshly kynrede, cummeth of the stocke of Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, for theyr vnbelefe, shall not onelye not be receyued to that goodlye and happye feaste, but they shall bee thruste out into the outwarde darkenes, because they woulde not see before, the lighte that was offered them. There shall they be punished for theyr vnbelefe, wepyng and gnasshyng with teeth: hauyng intelligence nowe to late from what grea••e felicitie they be fallen by theyr malyce: and enuye shall make theyr sorowe the more, what tyme they shall se straungers & aliens to be receyued to the felicitie and honoure, whyche was promysed vnto them.

When Iesus had spoken these thynges vnto the Iewes, to the intente they should geue the more credite vnto his saying through the miracle, he tur∣nyng vnto the captayne, sayeth: Go thy waye, and as thou haste beleued, so be it done vnto the. Clerelye declaryng that helth is not geuen, neyther to the stocke and kinred, neyther to the other merites, but to fayth onely whiche he required, and founde lacke of, in moste parte of the Iewes. And as he sayed, so the thyng folowed. For it was tried that the selfe same time the Ca∣pitaynes seruaunte was sodeynlye delyuered from his disease, that no manne shoulde suspecte that it was done by chaunce, or by the helpe of Phisicians. For as no man is sodeinly delyuered from the lepry after the course of nature: so the palsey forsaketh no man sodenly.

[ The texte.] ¶And when Iesus was cum into Peters house, he sawe his wyues mother lyinge in bed, and sycke of a feuer. And he touched her hande, and the feuer lefte her: and she arose and ministred vnto them. Whan the euen drewe nere, they brought him many that were possessed with diuels. And he caste out the spirites with a worde, and healed all that were sicke, that that might be fulfilled, whiche was spoken by Esai the prophete, when he say∣eth: he toke on him our infirmities, and bare our sycknes.

When he had shewed furth these and certayne other myracles, he with∣drewe himselfe for a tyme from the multitude, and wente into a house that was common to Symon Peter and Andrewe his brother. There folowed on Iames and Iohn. There he knewe that Peters mother in lawe haddess greate a feuer, that she kepte her bed: and he beyng desyred to heale her taryed not but toke her by the hande and lyfte her vp, and forthe with her whole feuer wente awaye, lyuelines and cherefulnes returned, in somuche as she mini∣stred and serued theim of meate: so clerelye was she delyuered from all grud∣gyng of the Ague. Truely no parte of the feuer remained, where as they whiche be healed by the arte of phisicians bee troubled longe tyme after theyr disease with feblenes and lothsumnes. Nowe whan night drewe on, a greate multitude cummethe thycke and swarmethe at the doores: lokyng that after his meate, he woulde retourne agayne vnto hys well doynge. As he came furthe, they offered vnto hym a meruaylouse number that were vexed wyth diuerse diseases, and also demontakes whyche were possessed wyth deuylies, he castynge oute the spirites, and puttinge awaye the diseases, healed them all: wherein also he did agreablye vnto his name. There was none so fow••e and so horrible kynde of diseases, whyche Iesus woulde lothe and turne away from. There was none so vehemente or incurable, whyche furthewyth at his commaundemente dyd not forsake the man.

Wyth a worde he healed all, frely he healed all, doyng nowe the selfe same thyng in takyng a way indifferently the diseases of the bodye, whiche he went aboute to doe in takynge awaye synnes, whiche be the more fyerce diseases of the myndes. Truely for this he came into the worlde: and this was it, that Esay prophecied of him many yeres paste: he toke our infirmities wyllyngly vpon himselfe, and he dyd beare our diseases.

[ The texte.] ¶ Whan Iesus sawe muche people aboute him, he commaunded them to go vnto the o∣ther syde of the water. And a certayne Scribe came, and sayed vnto him: Maister I wyll folowe the whithersoeuer thou goeste. And Iesus sayethe vnto him: the foxes haue holes, and the byrdes of the ayer haue nestes: but the soonne of man ha••h not where to teste hys

head. And another of the number of his disciples sayed vnto him: Mayster, suffer me first to go and b••ry my father. But Iesus sayed vnto hym. Folowe me, and lette the dead bury theyr dead.

And when Iesus sawe that the multitude woulde not departe, thoughe he had healed all the sycke and diseased, and thoughe nyght were at hande, for nowe the sunne was gone to glade, but that they came thicke aboute hym on euery syde more and more: he commaunded his disciples to prepare him a ship to goe ouer the water, that by that meanes he myght bee delyuered from the multitude. This once heard, certayne of them departed home. But a certayne importunate Scribe folowed Iesus vnto the water syde, desyryng to bee re∣ceyued into the numbre of his disciples: whom he had seen so magnified of the people for his power in shewyng of miracles: not to thintent he would folowe his doctrine and lyfe, but that he might get him renoune and lucre of his mira∣cles. He therfore cumming vnto Iesus, sayde: Master I will folowe the whi∣ther soeuer thou goest. It was a woorde mete for him that should haue been a disciple, yf the woorde and the harte had agreed. He put forth himselfe of his owne accorde, and offered hymselfe vnto all thynges, nor made no pretence of ••ariyng. But Iesus neyther repelled the mannes importunitie, neyther layed ••nto his charge his corrupte mynde, but secretely monyshed hym that he was vp mete disciple for hym, nor himselfe lykewyse no mete mayster: for whoso∣euer loketh after the commodities of this worlde, ioyneth himselfe vnto hym but folyshly, whiche neyther had nor soughte for, neyther riches, nor glory, nor kyngdome in this worlde: but imbraced extreme pouertie, ignominy and af∣fliccion: in so muche as he had not those thynges whyche the byrdes and bea∣stes lacketh not. The foxes ({quod} he) although they haue no houses, yet haue they holowe dennes to hyde them in. The byrdes fliyng and wauoring in the ayer, in the stede of houses haue nestes to rest them in. But the sonne of man so is de∣stitute of all succours of this worlde, that he hath no place to laye his head in. Yf any manne desyre suche a Mayster, yf he wyll, let him folowe me: but with harte and affecciō, and not onely with the steppes of the feete. So the Scri••e knowyng his owne conscience, dyd forbeare to folowe hym.

Agayne one of them whiche began to be in the noumbre of his disciples moued by tray••tie and weakenes, when he heard of the extreme pouertie of Christe, ••••kyng an occasion by sum coloare to slippe awaye from the disciples of Ie∣sus: Lorde ({quod} he) before I folowe the wholly, whither soeuer thou goest, suf∣fer me first to retourne home and burye my father. The cause to the apperaūce semed godly, but Iesus willing to teache that all thinges should be set a part in the matter of euerlasting healthe, and that herein all tariyng and lingeryng is daūgerouse: suffered not the yonge man beyng of a good mynde, but yet fe∣ble and wea••e to ••e intangled with busynes of testamentes of the dead, vn∣der the pretence of godlynes, and whites he prouideth for the vile inheritaunce of the worlde, to fall from the inheritaunce of heauen. Nay ({quod} he) thou shalte ••ow nothing haue to doe with thy dead father, whiche haste profest thy selfe to the heauenly lyfe, there will be ynow to burye thy father. Suffer the dead to bury theyr dead, and lette them put them in the yearthe, whiche loue yearthe∣ly thinges, let them burye him whiche is dead in the yearth, whiche beeyng a∣lyue

be both dead and also buried. They be alyue to men, they be dead to God. Be thou carefull to lyue, and departe from the companye of the dead, yf thou wilt lyue in dede.

[ The texte.] And whan he entred into a shippe, his disciples folowed him. And beholde there arose a great tempests in the sea, in so muche that the ship was couered with waues, and he was a slept, and his disciples came vnto him, and waked him, saying: Lorde saue vs, we perished and ••e sayethe vnto them: why are ye fearefull, ye of litle fayth? Than be arose, and re∣bucked the myndes, and the sea, and there folowed a great caulme. And the mē meruayled, saying: What maner of man is this, that bothe wyndes and se•• obey hym?

Therefore when Iesus had sent awaye the multitude, and was entred in∣to the ship, his disciples wayting vpon him, as he rowed, sodainly there ro•••• atempeste, and the water was so moued, that the waues ouerwhelmed the ship. Iesus in the meane season slept vpon a pillowe, signifiyng as it were by a figure, what perill there is in thynges here in the worlde, as often as they slepe beyng delighted with cōmodities and pleasures of this worlde, whiche haue taken vpon them to be in stede of Christ. But in these tempestes ••amp; trou∣bles the disciples do shewe where we shoulde seke for succour. For they beyng amased w^e feare, plucke at Christe, and wake him out of his slepe. Lord ({quod} they Loue us, we be loste. For yet they beleued he was but only man, and that they coulde not be safe, vnlesse that he were awake. Therefore Iesus inyodyng to make them holde and without feare, and conquerours against al assaultes of the most sore and vehement troubles, rebukyng theyr great feare: Why feare ye ({quod} he) ye men of li••le fayth. Ye whiche haue seen so manye miracles, ••amp; haue hearde my doctryne, ought to be put in feare with nothyng, as though the helpe of God woulde fayle you in any place, if so bee that fayth and trust neuer fayle you, whiche as yet I se not in you so muche as ought to bee. After that Iesus had thus manis••ed his disciples, he rose, and to thintent to shewe hym fel••e the Lorde of all the elementes, he rebuked the wyndes, and the sea, and furthwith the tempest seased, and there folowed a meruelous caulme, because it myght the more appere, that it was doen, not by the strength of manne, ••at by the power of God, for there is nothyng more disobedient or vnruly, than the sea once troubled, and yet at the Lordes commaūdement, it was sodainly turned into a great calme. Further the disciples and other whiche were in the shippe, muche musyng at so merueylouses matter, sayde: what might ye man is this▪ for vtterly he semeth to be more than man, for not onely diseases and deuils, but also windes and the sea obey his commaundementes. And by this ••••aumple, Iesus our very good Lorde hath taughte vs, that as often as the ••••ormes of tēptacions and persecucions rage againste vs, that we shoulde se•••• for helpe no nother where but of hym. Euery tumult and trouble shalbe made caulme and quiete, if that he awake in vs.

[ The texte.] ¶And whan he was cum to the other side of the water, into the countrey of the Bergess∣trs, there met him two possessed with deuils, cummyng out of the graues, and they were out of measure sperce, so that no man might go by that waye. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 they 〈…〉〈…〉 Tryng: O Iesu the sonne of God, what haue we to doe with 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 by ther 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tormente vs belaze our tyme? And there was a good waye of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 them an hearde of mass swyne ••ecding. And the deuils besought him, saying: it thou cast vs out, suffer vs to go 〈◊〉〈◊〉 so the hearde of swyne. And he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to them go your waye, and they 〈…〉〈…〉 the hearde of swyne, and the whole hearde of swyne, was 〈…〉〈…〉 into the sea 〈◊〉〈◊〉 perished in the waters. Than they that kept thē 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and wence thei•• waye•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and tolde all thinges, and wha•• had happened vnto y^e demoniac••es. And beholde the wo••k

title came furth to meete Iesus. And whan they sawe hym, they besought him to departe oute of theyr coa••es.

Therfore when Iesus had passed ouer the water, he came into the coun∣trey of the Gergesites, and beholde there was offered a matter and an occa∣sion of a greater wonder. There met him two men, which of long time had been possessed with the wurst kynde of deuilles, which eyther wandered in the wildernesse, or els hid themselues in dead mennes graues, whiche were wont to be made and set vp by the highe waye. Theyr rage was so great, that no cheynes coulde holde them, but breakyng all theyr bondes rani••e v∣pon the waye goers, so that no man could safely passe that waye. No man durste bring them vnto Iesus, as I haue tolde you how they did with dy∣uers other, but the secret might of Iesus drewe them against their wylles. The wicked spirites wer sore ••ered, and could not abide the diuine power, in so muche that beyng giltie in themselues, they felte a certayne newe and a secrete tormente, yea before that Iesus spake vnto them, they feared lest the daye were no we at hande in the whiche they should be sent into the dungeon of hel, there to be punished eternally, and not to be suffered hereafter to mo∣lest and trouble men. Therfore torment and feare forced them agaynst their willes, to speake and to beare witnes of the diuine power in Christ. They cryed out therfore by the mouthes of the miserable men. Iesu the sonne of God ({quod} they) what hast thou to do with vs? Arte thou come hither to tor∣ment vs before our tyme? we know what misery and wretchednes a••ydeth for vs accordyng to our merites, but suffer vs for a tyme. That daye shall come to vs to soone. We desyre delaye and not to be deliuered. Not farre frō the place where these thynges were doen, there was an heard of hogges feding, than the deuils feling themselues to be sore vered by the power of God, lest they shoulde departe without any hurte doing (so great was their malice) they made this peticion vnto Iesus: If in no case thou wilt suffer vs to dwell and abyde in this house, suffer vs at the lest, that we maye departe hence and enter into the hogges, a beast bothe filthye and abhomynable.

As soone as Iesus had geuen them this libertie, which thought it suffi∣cient to prouide for the helth and saluacion of man, the multitude of diyels went furth with into the heard of hogges. And behold furth with the whole heard, driuen into a fury, ranne downe hedlong from the hill into the water, and there perished in the water. This suffered Iesus both to shewe the no∣table malice of the deuils, and to geue occasion that this myracle mighte be bruted abrode. For the swyneheardes seyng this horrible sight, ranne away for feare, and went into the citie of Gadera, and tolde the citezens what they had seen, and what had happened to the Demoniakes, now commonly know∣en, to whom it chaunced to be healed, and what had happened to the hearde of hogges. The whole citie of y^e Gaderenes being amased at this tidinges, went foorth to meete Iesus, fearing lest he should come to them. They saw theyr hogges kylled. They saw the two men that were naked, now appare∣led, they sawe them healed of theyr frenesy and quiet out of theyr rage, inso much that they sat at Iesus feete knowlegyng hym to be the autor and cause of theyr helth. But because the••e Gaderenes were grosse and euill, they fea∣red more the mighte of Iesus, than they loued his goodnes, and they re∣garded more the losse of theyr swyne, than the health of men.

They went vnto Iesus and desyred him to depart from theyr coastes: who if they had throughly knowen him, they would haue desyred him instantly that he would haue vouched safe to come into the coastes of theyr countrey, to do thesame thyng in theyr hartes, which he did in the two Demoniakes. for the hogges declare what was theyr lyfe, the which y^e deuilles desyred to possesse in the stede of men. Therfore Iesus taughte them nothyng, con∣tent onely to put them in feare: notwithstandyng he hath taught vs by this exaumple, that there is no pestilence, nor poyson of the mynde so sore, that we should despayre of health, yf we chaunce to come to Iesus. For there be ••ertayne desyres so vnbrydeled, so vehement, and so wilde, that they driue and force hym that hath them, vnto withecraft, manslaughter, to slaughter of his dearest frendes, and to other wicked dedes not to be named, and sum∣tyme they dryue hym vnto suche madnes, that he killeth hymselfe. No meaues of man can heale and helpe these thynges, onelye Iesus can geue healthe if he wyll vouchesafe to come vnto them. There is no despayre, he wyll vouchesafe yf they agayne wyll come to hym.

Notes

• Lord if thou will y^e may∣est make me cleane.
• And Iesus put forthe has hāde. &c▪
• But go & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thy selfe to the prieste. &c.
• Lorde my seruaunte li∣eth at home sicke of the palsey, &c.
• And is sore vexed, &c.
• There shal∣be weping & gnasshynge of teeth.
• And he touched her hande & the feuer lefte her▪
• And healed all that wer sicke.
• The fore•• haue holes
• But the sonne of mā hath, not wher to rest his head.
• Let y^e dead bury•• they•• dead.
• Lorde saue vs
• O Iesu the sone of god what haue we to dooe with the?