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PAul an Apostle of Iesu Christ / by the will of God / to preache the promes of lyfe / [ A] which lyfe is in Christ Iesu.
To Timothe his beloved sonne.
Grace / mercy and peace / from God the fa∣ther / & from Christ Iesu oure Lorde.
I thanke god / whom I serve from myne el∣ders
with pure consciēce / that with out cea¦synge I make mencion of the in my prayres nyght & daye / desyrynge to se the / myndfull of thy teares: so that I am filled with ioye / whē I call to remembraunce the vnfayned fayth that is in the / which dwelt fyrst in thy graū∣moder ••ois / and in thy mother Eunica: and [ B] am assured that it dwelleth in the also.
Wherfore I warne the that thou stere vp the gyfte of god which is in the / by the put∣tynge* 1.1 on of my hondes. For god hath not ge∣ven to vs the sprete of feare: but of power / & of love / & of sobrenes of mynde. Be not a sha∣med* 1.2 to testyfye oure lorde / nether be a shamed of me / which am bounde for his sake: but suf∣fre adversite with ye gospell also thorow ye po¦wer of god / which saved vs & called vs wt an* 1.3 holy callinge / not acordinge to oure dedes / but [ C] accordynge to his awne purpose and grace / which grace was gevē vs thorowe Christ Ie¦su* 1.4 before the worlde was / but is nowe decla∣red openly by yt appearynge of oure savioure Iesu Christ / which hath put away deeth / and hath brought lyfe & immortalite vnto light thorow the gospell / whervnto I am apoynted a preacher / and an Apostle / & a teacher of the gentyls: for the which cause I also suffre the¦se thinges. Neverthelesse I am not a shamed For I knowe whō I have beleved / & amsure that he is able to kepe that which I have cō∣mitted to his kepynge / agaynst that daye.* 1.5
Se thou have the ensample of the holsome [ D] wordes which thou heardest of me in fayth &
love which is in Iesu Christ. That good thin¦ge / whiche was committed to thy kepynge / ke¦pe in ye holy goost which dwelleth in vs. This thou knowest / how that all they which are in Asia / be turned from me. Of which sorte are Phig••los & hermogenes. The lorde geve mer¦cie vnto the hou••se of Onesiphoros / for he of∣te refresshed me / & was not a shamed of my chayne: but when he was at Rome / he sought me out very diligently / and founde me. The lorde graunt vnto him that he maye fynde mercie with the lorde at that daye. And in how many thynges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very wel.
rom. viiij
Puttinge on of han¦des.
tit. iij. d.
Purpose & grace.
i. tim. ij. b