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PAul an Apostle of Iesu Christ / by [ A] the will of God.
To the saynctes which are at Ephesus / & to them which beleve on Iesus Christ.
Grace be with you and peace from God oure fa∣ther / and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.
Blessed be God the father of oure lorde Ie¦sus Christ / which hath blessed vs with all ma¦ner of spirituall blessinges in hevēly thyng{is} by Chryst / accordynge as he had chosen vs in* 1.1 him / before ye foūdaciō of ye worlde was layde / that we shuld be saintes / & without blame be¦fore him / thorow loue. And ordeyned vs before thorow Iesus Christ to be heyres vnto him sil¦fe* 1.2 / accordinge to the pleasure of his will / to ye prayse of the glorie of his grace where with he hath made vs accepted in the beloved.* 1.3
By whom we have redemption thorow his [ A] bloude euen the forgevenes of synnes / accor∣dynge to the riches of his grace / which grace he shed on vs aboundantly in all wisdome / and perceavaunce. And hath openned vnto vs the * 1.4 mistery of his will accordinge to his pleasure / and purposed the same in hym silfe to have it declared when the tyme were full come / y• all thynges / bothe ye thynges which are in heven / and also the thynges which are in erthe / shuld be gaddered togedder / even in Christ: that is to saye / in him in whom we are made heyres / and were therto predestinate ac∣cordynge* 1.5 to the purpose of him which wor∣keth all thinges after the purpose of his awne will: that we which before beleved in Christ shuld be vnto the prayse of his glory.
In whom also ye (after that ye hearde the worde of trueth / I meane the gospell of youre saluaciō / wherin ye beleved) were sealed with [ C] the holy sprete of promes / which is the er∣nest of oure inheritaunce / to redeme the pur¦chased
possession and that vnto the laude of his glory.
Wherfore even I (after that I hearde of* 1.6 the fayth which ye have in the lorde Iesu / & love vnto all the saynctes) cease not to geve thankes for you / makynge mencion of you in my prayers / that ye God of oure lorde Iesus [ D] Christ and the father of glory / myght geve vnto you the sprete of wisdome / and open to you the knowledge of him silfe / and lighten the eyes of youre myndes / yt ye myght knowe what that hope is / where vnto he hath called* 1.7 you / and what the riches of his glorious in∣heritaunce is apon the sainctes / and what is the excedynge greatnes of his power to vs warde which * 1.8 beleve accordynge to the wor∣kynge of that his mighty power / which he wrought in Christ / when he raysed him from deeth / and set him on his right honde in he∣venly thynges / above all rule / power / and myght and dominacion / and above all names that are named / not in this worlde only / but also in the worlde to come: and hath put all thynges vnder his fete / and hath made him aboue all thynges / ye heed of ye congregacion which is his body and the fulnes of him that filleth all in all thynges.
ij. cor. ••. a j. pet. j. a.
Predesti∣nacion.
Redemp∣cion is the forgeue∣nes of sin¦nes.
Myste∣rie is secre¦te coūcell.
predesti∣nacion.
Where fayth to christ is / there is lo¦ue to all that are sanctified in his blo¦ude.
Hope.
Fayth is the wor∣ke of god onlye / euē as was the raysi∣ge vp of Christ.