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¶ The Prologe vpon the seconde Epistle of say not Paul to the Corinthyans.
AS in the fyrste epistle he rebu∣keth the Corinthyans sharp∣lye / so in this he comforteth them and prayseth them / and cōmaundeth him that was ex∣communicat to be receaued lo¦uingely into the congregaciō agayne.
And in the fyrste and seconde Chapters he sheweth his loue to them warde / how that all that he spake / dyd or soffre / was for their sakes and for their saluacion.
Then in the .iij. iiij. and .v. he prayseth the offyce of preachinge the gospell aboue the prea¦chynge of the lawe / and sheweth that the Go∣spell groweth thorow persecucion and thorow the crosse / which maketh a man sure of eter∣nall lyfe: and here and there he toucheth the false Prophetes / which studied to turne the fayth of the people from Christ vnto thē wor¦kes oft be lawe.
In the .vj. and .vij. Chapters he exhorteth them to soffrewith the Gospell / and to lyue as it becometh the Gospell / and prayseth him in the later ende.
In the .viij. and .ix. Chapters he exhorteth them to helpe the poore sayntes that were at Ierusalem.
In the .x. xj. and .xij. he enuieth agaynst the false Prophetes.
And in the last Chapter he threateneth them that had synned and not amended them selues,