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ANd it fortuned as he was prayinge in [ A] a certayne place: when he ceased / one of* 1.1 his disciples sayde vnto him: Master / teache vs to praye / as Iohn taught his disci∣ples. And he sayd vnto thē: When ye praye / ••aye: O oure father which arte in heavē / ha∣lowed* 1.2 be thy name. Thy kyngdome come. Thy will be fulfilled / even in erth as it is in heaven. Oure dayly breed geve vs evermore.
And forgeve vs oure synnes: For evē we for∣geve every man yt treaspaseth vs. And ledde vs not into tēptaciō. But deliver vs frō evill.
And he sayde vnto them: ✚ if any of you shuld have a frēde / & shuld goo to him at mid¦nyght / &* 1.3 saye vnto him: frende lende me thre loves / for a frende of myne is come out of the waye to me / & I have nothinge to set before him: & he within shuld answere & saye / trou∣ble me not / the dore is now sheet / & my servaū¦tes are with me in the chamber / I cānot ryse & geve them to the. I saye vnto you / though he woldnot aryse & geve him / because he is his frēde: yet because of his importunite he wold rise / & geve him as many as he neded.
And I saye vnto you: axe / and it shalbe ge∣ven [ B] you. Seke / and ye shall fynde. knocke / &* 1.4 it shalbe opened vnto you. For every one that axeth / receaveth: and he that seketh / fyndeth:* 1.5 and to him that knocketh / shall it be open∣ned. Yf the sonne shall axe breed of eny of you that is a father: wyll he geve him a sto∣ne? Or yf he axe fisshe / wyll he for a fysshe ge¦ve him a serpent? Or yf he axe an egge: wyll he offer him a scorpion? Yf ye then which are evyll canne geve good giftes vnto youre chyl¦dren / how moche more shall the father of hea¦ven geve an holy sprete to them / that desyre it of him? ⊢
✚ And he was a castynge out a devyll / which* 1.6 was dōme. And it folowed when the devyll was gone out / the domme spake / & the people wondred. But some of thē sayde: he ca¦steth
out devyls by the power of Belzebub•• the chefe of the devyls. And other tempted him sekinge of him a signe frō heavē. But he knewe their thoughtes & sayde vnto them: Every kingdome devided with in it silfe / shal be desolate: & one housse shall fall vpon ano∣ther. So if Satan be devided with in him sil¦fe: how shall his kyngdome endure? Because ye saye that I cast out devyls by the power of Belzebub. Yf I / by the power of Belzebub caste oute devyls: by whome do youre chyl∣dren cast them out? Therfore shall they be youre iudges. But if I / with y• finger of God cast out devyls / noo doute the kyngdome of God is come vpon you.
When a stronge man armed watcheth his [ D] housse: yt he possesseth is in peace. But when a stronger then he cometh vpō him & overcō∣meth him: he taketh from him his harnes wherin he trusted / & devideth his gooddes. He that is not with me / is agaynst me. And he that gadereth not with me / scattereth.
When the vnclene sprete is gone out of a man / he walketh through waterlesse places / sekinge reest. And when he fyndeth none / he sayeth: I will returne agayne vnto my housse whence I came out. And when he cōmeth / he fyndeth it swept and garnissed. Then goeth he & taketh to him sevē other spretes worsse* 1.7 then him silfe: and they enter in / & dwell the∣re. And the ende of that man / is worsse then the begynninge.
And it fortuned as he spake those thinges••
•• certayne woman of the cōpany lyfte vp he•• voyce / & sayde vnto him: Happy is the wom∣be that bare the / and the pappes which gave the sucke. But he sayde: Ye / happy are they* 1.8 that heare the worde of God / and kepe it. ⊢
When the people were gadered thicke to* 1.9 geder: he began to saye. This is an evyll na∣cion:* 1.10 they seke a signe / & ther shall no signe be geven them / but the signe of Ionas the Pro∣phet. For as Ionas was a signe to the Nini∣vites / so shall y• sonne of mā be to this naciō. The quene of the southe shall ryse at iudge∣ment / with* 1.11 the men of this generaciō / & con∣dempne them: for she came frō the ende of the worlde / to heare the wysdome of Salomon. And beholde a greater then Salomon is he∣re. The men of Ninive shall ryse at the iudge¦ment wt this generaciō / & shall condēpne thē: for they repented at the preachinge of Ionas. And beholde / a greater then Ionas is here.
✚ Noo man lighteth a candell / & putteth [ E] it in a previe place / nether vnder a busshell: But on a candelsticke / that they that come in maye se y• light. The light of thy body is the eye. Therfore when thine eye is single: then is all thy body full of light. But if thine eye •••• evyll: then shall thy body also be full of darknes. Take hede therfore that the light which is in the / be not darknes. For if all thy body shalbe light / havynge noo parte darke: then shall all be full of light / even as when a candell doeth light the with his brightnes. ⊢
And as he spake / a certayne Pharise be∣sought
him to dyne with him: and he went in & sate doune to meate. When the Pharise sa∣we [ F] that / he marveylled yt he had not fyrst wes¦shed before dyner. And y• Lorde sayde to him: Now do ye Pharises / make clene the out side* 1.12 of the cup / & of the platter: but youre inwarde parties are full of raveninge and wickednes. Ye foles / dyd not he that made that which is with out: make that which is within also? Ne¦verthelesse geve almose of that ye have / and* 1.13 beholde all is clene to you.
But wo be to you Pharises / for ye tithe the mynt and rewe / and all manner erbes / & passe* 1.14 over iudgment and the love of God. These ought ye to have done / & yet not to have left the other vndone.
Wo be to you Pharises: for ye love the vp¦permost seates in the synagoges / and gretin∣ges in the markets.* 1.15
Wo be to you scribes & pharises ypocrite for ye are as graves which appeare not / & the men y• walke over thē / are not ware of thē.
Then answered one of the lawears / & sayd* 1.16 vnto him: Master / thus sayinge / thou puttest vs to rebuke also. Then he sayde: Wo be to you also ye lawears: for ye lade men with bur¦thens greveous to be borne / & ye youre selves touche not y• packee wt one of youre fyngers.
Wo be to you: ye bylde the sepulchres of the Prophetes / and youre fathers killed thē: truly ye beare witnes / that ye alowe the de∣des of youre fathers for they kylled them / and ye bylde their sepulchres.
Therfore sayde y• wisdome of God: I will send them Prophetes & Apostles / & of them they shall slee & persecute: that the bloude of all Prophete / which was sheed frō the begin∣ninge* 1.17 of the worlde / maye be requyred of this generacion / from the bloud of Abell vnto the bloud of zachary / which perisshed bitwene* 1.18 the aulter and the temple. Derely I saye vnto you: it shalbe requyred of this nacion.
Wo be to you lawears: for ye have taken* 1.19 awaye ye keye of knowledge / ye entred not in youre selves / & them that came in ye forbade.
When he thus spake vnto them / the la∣wears & the Pharises began to wexe busye about h••m / and to stop his mouth with ma∣ny questions / layinge wayte for him / and se∣kinge to catche some thinge of his mought / wherby they might accuse him.
Mat. vj. ••
The pa∣ter noster
Prayer what it dothe.
Covena∣unt.
Mathew .vij. a. and .xxj. •• Mar. x••. •• Io. xiii••. •• and. xvj •• Iaco. ••. a∣mar. vij. •• Mat. ••x •• and .xij. •• Mar. iij. ••
The dō∣me spiri∣te is cast oute. Belze∣bub.
Seven worsse then him selfe.
Happie who.
Mat. xij ••
Signe of Ionas.
Quene of y• sou∣the .iij. Reg. x. g. ij. pa. ix▪ Ninivi∣tes. Ion. iii. •• Mat. v. •• Ma. iiij. •• Eye. mat. xj. ••
Mathew .xxiij.
Almose.
Tithe mynt. Mathew .xxiiij. Ma. xij. d
••pper∣most sea∣tes.
Lawears Mathew .xxiij. Builde sepul∣chres.
Gen. iiij. ij. parali. xxiiij. b.
zacha∣rias.
keye.