Here begynneth the pystles and gospels, of euery Sonday, and holy daye in the yere

¶ The Pystel on the. iij. Sondaye in Lent to the Ephesyans the. v. chapyter. A.

BRethrene be ye folowers of god as dere chyl∣dren / & walk ī loue euen as Chryste loued vs / & gaue hī selfe for vs / an offryng & a sacryfyce of aswe∣te sauer to god / so that fornicacyon & al vnclennes or couetousnes be nat ones named amōg you / as it be∣cōmeth sayntes / neyther fylthynes / neyther folysshe talkynge neyther gestynge / whiche are nat comely / but rather gyuyng of thākes for this ye know / that no wromōger: other vncleane persone / or couetous persone whiche is the worshypper of images / hath any inherytaūce in the kyngdome of Chryste and of god. Let no mā deceyue you with vayne wordes / for thorowe such thynges commeth the wrathe of god / vpon the chyldren of vnbyleue. Be nat therfore cō∣panyons with them / ye were ones darknesse: but are nowe lyght ī the lorde / walke as chyldrē of lyght for the fruyte of the spiryte / is in al goodnes ryghtwys∣nes and trueth.

¶ The Gospell on the. iij. Son¦day in Lent the. xi. chapyter of Luke. C.

[illustration]

IIesus was a castynge out a deuyll / whiche was domme And it foloweth whē the de¦uyl was gone out / the dōme spake and the people won∣dred. Some of them sayd he casteth out deuylles / by the power of Belze∣bub / the cheyfe of the deuylles & other tempted hym sekynge of hym a sygne from heuen he knewe theyr thoughtes and sayde vn to them. Euery kyngdome at debate wythin it selfe shall be desolate And one house shall fall vpon an o∣ther. So if Sathan be deuyded with in hym selfe / how shal his kyngdome endure / because ye saye that I cast out deuylles by the power of Belzebub / if I by the power of belzebub caste oute deuyls / by who∣se power / do youre chyldren caste thē oute Therfo∣re shal they be your iudges / But if I with the fyn∣ger of god caste out deuylles / no doubte / the kyngdo¦me of god is come vpon you when a strong man ar∣med watched hys house. That he possesseth / is ī pea¦ce but when a stronger then he commeth vpon hym / and ouercommeth hym he taketh frō hym his har∣neys wherin he trusted / and diuydeth his goodes he that is nat with me is agaynst me / and he that gathe reth nat with me scattereth when the vncleane spiri∣te is gone out of a mand / he walketh through water∣lese places sekyng rest / and when he fyndeth none / he sayeth I wyl ceturne agayne vnto my house whē se I came out / and when he commeth / he fyndeth it swept and garnysshed. Thē goeth he and taketh se∣uen other spirytes with hym worse then hym selfe & they entre in & dwell there. and the ende of the mā is worse then the begynnyng. It fortuned as he thus spake a certayn woman of the company lyfte vp her voyce / and sayd vnto hym / happy is the wombe that

bare the & the pappes which gaue the sucke / & he sayd happy are they that beare the worde of god & kepe it.