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PAul the seruaunt of God / [ A] & an Apostle of Iesu Christ / to preache the fayth of goddis electe / & ye knowledge of that trueth / which is after godly∣nes vpon the hope of eternall lyfe / which lyfe God that cannot lye / hath promised before the worlde begāne: but hath
opened his worde at ye tyme apoynted thorow preachynge / which preachynge is committed vnto me / by the commaundement of god ou∣re saveoure.
To Titus his naturall sonne in the com∣men fayth.
Grace mercie and peace from God the fa∣ther / and from the lorde Iesu Christ oure save¦oure.
For this cause left I y• in Creta / that thou [ B] * 1.1 shuldest performe that which was lackynge / and shuldest ordeyne elders in every citie as I apoynted the. Yf eny be faut••lesse / the hus∣bande of one wyfe / havynge faythfull chil∣drē / which are not sclandred of royote / nether are disobediēt. For a * 1.2 bisshoppe must be faute¦lesse / * 1.3 as it becommeth the minister of God: not stubborne / not angrye / no dronkarde / no fyghter / not geven to filthy lucre: but herbe∣rous / one that loveth goodnes / sobre mynded righteous / holy / temperat / and suche as cle∣veth vnto the true worde of doctryne / that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsom lear∣ny••ge / and to improve them that saye a∣gaynst it.
For ther are many disobedient and talkers of vanite and disceavers of myndes / namely [ C] they of the circumcisiō / whose mouthes must be stopped / which pervert whole houses tea∣chinge thinges which they ought not / becau∣se of filthy lucre. One beynge of thē selves / which was a poyet of their awne / sayde: The Cretayns are all wayes lyars / evyll beastes /
and slowe belies. This witnes is true / wherfo¦re rebuke them sharply / that they maye be so∣unde in the fayth / and not takynge hede to Ie¦wes [ D] fables and commaūdmentes of men that turne from the trueth. Unto the pure / are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defiled* 1.4 and vnbelevynge / is nothynge pure: but even the very myndes and consciences of them are defiled. They confesse that they knowe god: but with the dedes they denye hym / and are abhominable and disobedient / and vnto all good workes discommendable.
BUt speake thou that which becōmeth wholsome learninge. That ye elder mē [ A] * 1.5 be sober / honest / discrete / sounde in the fayth in love & in paciēce. And ye elder wemē* 1.6 lykewyse / that they be in soche rayment as be¦commeth holynes / not falce accusars / not ge∣ven to moche drinkynge / but teachers of ho∣nest* 1.7 thynges / to make the younge wemen so bremynded / to love their husbandes / to love their children / to be discrete / chast / huswyfly / good and obediēt vnto their awne husbandes* 1.8 that the worde of god be not evyll spoken of. Yonge men lykwyse exhorte that they be so∣bre mynded.
Above all thynges shewe thy silfe an in∣sample [ D] of good workes with vncorrupt doc∣tryne / with honestie / and with the wholsome worde which cannot be rebuked / that he which withstondeth / maye be a shamed / havynge no¦thinge* 1.9 in you yt he maye disprayse. The servaū¦tes
exhorte to be obediēt vnto their awne ma¦sters / and to please in all thynges / not answe∣rynge agayne / nether be pickers / but that they shewe all good faythfulnes / that they maye do worshippe to ye doctryne of oure saveoure God in all thynges. ✚ For the grace of god / that bryngeth saluacion vnto all men / hath appered and teacheth vs that we shuld denye [ C] vngodlynes and wordly lustes / and that we shuld live sobre mynded / righteously & god∣ly in this present worlde / lokinge for that bles¦sed hope and glorious apperenge of y• mygh∣ty god / & of oure savioure Iesu Christ which gave him silfe for vs / to redeme vs from all vnrightewesnes / and to pourge vs a peculiar people vnto him silfe / fervently geven vnto good workes. These thinges speake / and ex∣horte / ✚ and rebuke / with all commaundynge Se that no man despise the.
VVarne thē that they submitte them* 1.10 selves to rule and power / to obey the [] officers / that they be readie vnto all good workes / that they speake evyll of no mā that they be no fyghters / but softe / shewynge all meknes vnto all men. For we oure selves also were in tymes past / vnwyse / disobedient / deceaved / in daunger to lustes / & to diuers ma¦ners of volupteousnes / livynge in malicious∣nes & envie / full of hate / hatinge one another.
✚ But after that the kyndnes and love of [] * 1.11 oure saveoure God to māwarde appered / not of y• dede of rightewesnes which we wrought
but of his mercie he saved vs / by ye foūtayne* 1.12 of the newe birth / and with the renuynge of the holy goost / which he shed on vs oboun∣dantly / thorow Iesus Christ oure saveoure / that we once instified by his grace / shuld be heyres of eternall lyfe / thorowe hope ✚ This is a true sayinge.
Of these thinges I wolde thou shuldest cer¦tifie / that [ C] they which beleve God / myght be diligent to go forwarde in good workes. The* 1.13 se thinges are good & proffitable vnto mē. Fo¦lisshe questions / and genealogies / and braulin¦ges and stryfe aboute the lawe / avoyde / for they are vnprosfitable and superfluous. A mā that is geuē to heresie / after the fyrst and the seconde admonicion / avoyde / remembrynge that he that is soche / is perverted / and syn∣neth even damned by his awne iudgement.
When I shall sende Artemas vnto the or [ D] Tichicus / be diligēt to come to me vnto Ni∣chopolis. For I have determined ther to wyn¦ter. Brynge zenas y• lawear & Apollos on the¦ir iorney diligently / that nothynge be lackyn∣ge vnto them. And let oures olso learne to ex∣cell in good workes as farforth / as nede re∣quyreth / that they be not vnfrutefull. All that are with me / salute the. Grete them that love vs in the fayth. Grace be with you all / Amen.
••••hers which Ti¦motheus calleth o∣uersears.
Byssho¦pes and el¦ders is all one & an officer ch¦osen to go¦uerne the congrega¦cion in do¦ctryne ād ••iuinge.
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Olde mē
Olde we¦men.
Yōge we¦men.
Younge men.
Servaun¦tes.
Officers must be o¦beyed.
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Mercie saveth.
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