The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .v. Chapter.

REbuke not an elder: but exhorte him [ A] as a father / and the yonger mē as bre∣thren / the elder wemen as mothers / y^e yonger as sisters / with all purenes. Honoure

widdowes which are true wyddowes. Yf eny* 1.1 wyddowe have chyldren or neves / let them learne fyrst to rule their awne houses godly / and to recompence their elders. For that is good and acceptable before God. She that is a very wyddowe and frendlesse / putteth her trust in god / and continueth in supplicacion and prayer nyght and daye. But she that li∣veth in pleasure / is deed even yet alive. And these thynges commaunde / that they maye be without faut / Yf ther be eny that provideth not for his awne / and namly for them of his housholde / the same denyeth the fayth / and [ B] is worsse then an infydell.

Let no wyddowe be chosen vnder threscore* 1.2 yere olde / and soche a one as was the wyfe of one man / and well reported of in good wor∣kes: yf she have noresshed children / yf she ha∣ve bene liberall to straūgers / yf she have wes∣shed the saynctes fete / yf she have ministred vnto them which were in adversite / yf she we¦re continually gevē vnto all maner good wor¦kes. The yonger widdowes refuse. For when they have begone to wexe wantone / to the dishonoure of Christ / then will they mary / havynge * 1.3 damnaciō / because they have brokē their fyrst fayth. And also they learne to goo from housse to housse ydle / ye not ydle only / but also tryflynge and busybodyes / speakyn¦ge [ C] thynges which are not comly.

I will therfore that y^• yonger wemē mary and beare childrē / and gyde the housse / and ge¦ve none occasiō to y^e adversary to speake evill

For many of them are all redy turned bake / and are gone after Satan. And yf eny man or woman that beleveth have widdowes / let thē minister vnto them / & let not the congrega∣cion be charged: that yt maye have fufficient for them that are widdowes in dede.

The elders y^t rule wel / are worthy of dou∣ble honoure / most specially they which labou¦re in y^t worde & in teachinge. For the scripture sayth: Thou shalt not mousell the mouth of* 1.4 the oxe that treadeth out the corne. And the labourer is worthy of his rewarde. Agaynst an elder receave none accusacion: but vnder two or thre witnesses. Them that synne / rebu¦ke [ D] openly / that other maye feare.

I testifie before god and the lorde Iesus Christ / and the electe angels / that thou obser¦ve these thynges with out hasty iudgement / and do nothynge parcially. Laye hondes sodē¦ly on no man nether be partaker of other mēs synnes: kepe thy silfe pure. Drynke no len∣ger water / but vse a lytell wyne / for thy stom∣makes sake and thyne often diseases.

Some mennes synnes are open before hon∣de and goo before vnto iudgement: some men∣nes synnes folowe after. Lykwyse also good workes are manyfest before honde & they that are other wyse / cānot be hid.

Notes

• * 1.1

  widowes
• * 1.2

  widowes
• * 1.3

  What so¦euer be v∣sed amon¦gest vs / yf god be therby dis¦honoured it ought to be bro∣ken.
• * 1.4

  deu. xxv j. cor. ix a mat. x. b. luc. x. b.