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AS they made their iorney thorow Am∣phipolis / and [ A] Appolonia / they came to Thessalonica where was a synagoge of the Iewes. And Paul as his maner was / went in vnto them / & thre saboth doyes decla∣red oute of the scripture vnto them / openynge & allegynge that Christ must nedes have suf∣fred & rysen agayne from deeth / and that this Iesus was Christ / whom (sayde he) I prea∣che to you. And some of them beleved and ca∣me and companyed with Paul and Sylas:
also of the honourable Grekes a greate mu••∣titude / and of the chefe wemen / not a feawe. [ B]
But the Iewes which beleved not / havyn¦ge indignaciō / toke vnto thē evyll men which were vagabondes / and gad••red a company / and set all the cite on a ••oore / and made a sau∣te vnto the housse of Iason / & sought to brin∣ge thē out to the people. But when they foun¦de them not / they drue Iason and certayne brethren vnto the heedes of the cite cryinge: these that trouble the worlde / are come hyd∣der also / which Iason hath receaved prevely. And these all do contrary to the elders of Ce∣sar / affirmynge another kynge / one Iesus. And they troubled the people and the offi∣cers of the cite when they hearde these thin∣ges. And when they were sufficiently answe∣red of Iason / & of the other / they let thē goo.
And the brethren immediatly sent awaye Paul & Sylas by nyght vnto Berrea. Which when they were come thyther / they entred in∣to [ C] ye synagoge of the Iewes. These were the noblest of byrthe amonge thē of Thessalonia which receaved the worde wt all diligence of mynde / & searched * 1.1 ye scriptures dayly whe∣ther those thing{is} were even so. And many of thē beleved: also of worshipfull wemē which were Grekes / & of men not afeawe. When the Iewes of Thessalonia had knowledge that y• worde of God was preached of Paul at Ber∣rea / they came there and moved the people. And then by & by ye brethrē sent awaye Paul to goo as it were to ye see: but Sylas & Timo∣theus
abode there still. And they that gyded Paul / brought him vnto Attens / & receaved a cōmaundment vnto Sylas & Timoth••us for [ D] to come to him atonce / and came their waye.
Whyll Paul wayted for them at Attens / his sprete was moved in him / to se the cite ge¦ven* 1.2 to worshippinge of ymages. Then he di∣sputed in the synagoge wt the Iewes / & with the devout persones / and in the market dayly with thē that came vnto him. Certayne philo¦sophers of y• Epicures & of y• stoyckes / dispu¦ted with him. And some ther were which say∣de: what will this babler saye. Other sayd: he s••meth to be a tydynges bringer of newe de∣vyls / because he preached vnto them Iesus and the resurreccion. And they toke him / and [ E] brought him into Marsestrete sayinge: maye we not knowe what this newe doctrine wher¦of thou speakest / is? For thou bringest straun¦ge tydynges to oure eares. We wolde knowe therfore what these thinges meane. For all the Attenians & straungers which were the∣re / gave thē selves to nothinge els / but ether to tell or to heare newe tydynges.
Paul stode in the myddes of Marse strete [ F] & sayde: ye men of Attens / I perceave that in all thinges ye are to supersticious. For as I passed by and behelde the maner how ye wor∣ship youre godde / I founde an aultre wher in was written: vnto y• vnknowen god. Whom* 1.3 ye then ignor••tly worship / him shewe I vnto you. God that made the worlde & all that are in it / seynge that he is Lorde of heven & erth /
he dwelleth not in temples made with hon∣des / nether* 1.4 is worshipped with mennes hon∣des / as though he neded of eny thinge / seinge he him selfe geveth lyfe and breeth to all men every where / and hath made of one bloud all nacions of men / for to dwell on all the face of the erthe / and hath assigned / before how lon∣ge tyme / and also the endes of their inhabita∣cion / that they shuld seke God / yf they myght fele and fynde him / though he be not farre from every one of vs. For in him we lyve / mo∣ve and have oure beynge / as certayne of youre ••wne Poetes sayde. For we are also his gene¦racion. For as moche then as we are the gene¦racion of God / we ought not to thynke that the godhed is lyke vnto golde / silver or stone / graven by crafte and ymaginacion of man.
And the tyme of this ignoraunce God re∣garded [ G] not: but now he byddeth all men eve∣ry where repent / because he hath apoynted a daye / in the which he will iudge the worl∣de acordynge to ryghtewesses / by that man whom he hath apoynted / and hath offered faith * 1.5 to all men / after that he had raysed him from deeth.
When they hearde of ye resurreccion from deeth / some mocked / and other sayde: we will heare the agayne of this matter. So Paul de∣parted from amonge them. Howbeit certay∣ne men clave vnto Paul and beleved / amonge* 1.6 the which was Dionysius a senatour / and a woman named Damaris / & other with them.
Sear∣che the scriptu∣res for by thē may ye trye all doctrine.
Attens.
••nknow¦en God.
God dwe∣lleth not in the tem¦ple.
Fayth is here ta¦ke for the promises of mercie which th∣or••w fay¦th saue vs. whi∣ch promy¦ses after the resur∣reccion of Christ god cōma¦unded to be prea∣ched vnto all naciōs▪ & not to the Iues onlye / as before.
Diony∣sius. Dama∣ris.